title: Left ventricle pseudoaneurysm: contribution of multimodality imaging to the diagnosis.
abstract: The left ventricle pseudoaneurysm is an anomaly of the left ventricle and is severed and joined with a pocket look. There may be secondary to a myocardial infarction, trauma, or surgical procedure. Sometimes the cause is not found. Complications are heart failure, arrhythmias, vascular embolism, and sudden death. The treatment is surgical only. The authors report the case of a black patient of 64 years old, without medical history, had seen to a deformation of the cardiac shadow in radiography. The left ventricle pseudoaneurysm and in situ thrombus are visualized in echocardiography and CT scan. The patient is waiting for heart surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Brazzaville, P.O. Box 32, Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo ; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, Marien Ngouabi University, P.O. Box 2672, Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo.
authors.forename: Ellenga Mbolla
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Bertrand Fikahem
authors.affiliation: Department of Pneumology, University Hospital of Brazzaville, P.O. Box 32, Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo.
authors.forename: Okemba-Okombi
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Franck Hardain
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Brazzaville, P.O. Box 32, Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo.
authors.forename: Mongo-Ngamami
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Flore Solange
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Brazzaville, P.O. Box 32, Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo.
authors.forename: Kouala Landa
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Christian Michel
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, Marien Ngouabi University, P.O. Box 2672, Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo.
authors.forename: Gombet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thierry Raoul
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Brazzaville, P.O. Box 32, Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo ; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, Marien Ngouabi University, P.O. Box 2672, Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo.
authors.forename: Kimbally-Kaky
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Suzy-Gisèle