title: Giant Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm and Myocardial Dissection as a Complication of Multiple Ventricular Tachycardia Ablations in a Patient with Cardiac Sarcoidosis.
abstract: Late development of left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysms after ventricular tachycardia (VT) catheter ablation is a rare phenomenon, and very few cases have been reported in the medical literature. We describe the case of a giant LV pseudoaneurysm as a late complication of multiple epicardial and endocardial VT ablations in a female in her 50s with known cardiac sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Krysthel Engstrom
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Farbod
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Raiszadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Alla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Godelman
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Eugen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Palma
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Forman
keywords: echocardiography; left ventricular mass; pseudoaneurysm