Traumatic biventricular pseudoaneurysm of the heart with ventricular septal defect

Symbas, Panagiotis N.; Ware, Robert E.; Belenkie, Israel; Nutter, Donald O.

doi:10.1016/s0022-5223(19)39724-7

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“…Most of the LV pseudoaneurysms are considered to be a complication of MI followed by cardiac surgery, trauma, and infection. [234] The propensity for inferior wall MI to cause LV pseudoaneurysm is in accordance with the location of pseudoaneurysm on lateral, posterior, inferior or apical surface of LV and least on anterior surface. Only about 4% of LV true aneurysm is located at diaphragmatic/posterior-lateral surface.…”

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Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm post myocardial infarction

Sheikh

Sehgal

Verma

et al. 2019

Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci

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Left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysm is a rare and grave complication of acute myocardial infarction. If left undetected, it has an extremely high rate of mortality. It is complicated by a ventricular free wall rupture contained by the pericardium and is characterized by the absence of myocardial tissue in its wall. The clinical presentation of these patients is nonspecific, making the diagnosis challenging. We came across a case of LV pseudoaneurysm diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography, but unfortunately, the patient passed away within a few hours of presentation in the emergency department. This case depicts the importance of prompt diagnosis and management of such deadly complication.

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confidence: 93%