title: Postoperative recurrence of postinfarction true and false ventricular aneurysms.
abstract: Progressive dyspnea after myocardial infarction can suggests the presence of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction or a left ventricular aneurysm (LVA). Surgical treatment of LVA aims to reduce its volume and to restore the ventricle. Recurrence of LVA after previous repair is extremely rare and the occurrence of concomitant postoperative true and false aneurysms is extraordinary. Surgery is usually challenging because of LV dysfunction and cardiac adherences in reoperations. We describe the simultaneous occurrence in a patient of a recurrent true and false LVA after surgical repair of a postinfarction LVA. Five years postoperatively, the patient remains alive and healthy.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. Electronic address: elearnaiz@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: María Elena
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Arnáiz-García
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: González-Santos
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iscar-Galán
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fernández García-Hierro
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: María José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dalmau-Sorlí
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: López-Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
keywords: Aneurisma; Aneurysm; Left ventricular; Post-infarction; Postoperative; Pós-enfarte; Pós-operatório; Recidiva; Recurrence; Ventrículo esquerdo