Surgical treatment of giant cardiac aneurysm with pseudoaneurysm in a colon carcinoma patient.
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare and lethal condition associated with a high risk of rapid enlargement and rupture. It develops after transmural myocardial infarction (MI), cardiac surgery, trauma, or infection. When a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is detected, surgical repair is recommended due to the high possibility of rupture. In this report, we present surgical treatment of a giant cardiac pseudoaneurysm that occurred after MI in a colon carcinoma patient.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
Tevfik
T
Güneş
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
Mohammad
M
Alşalaldeh
Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
Ismail Doğu
ID
Kılıç
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
Bilgin
B
Emrecan
aneurysm; cancer; cardiac; right ventricle; surgery