Giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm: a rare complication following left ventricular rupture caused by myocardial infarction

Eur Heart J. 2008 Jan;29(2):143. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm364. Epub 2007 Oct 6.

Authors

Thomas Butz¹, Lothar Faber, Christoph Langer, Dieter Horstkotte

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Heart Center Northern Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Georgstr. 11, Bad Oeynhausen D-32545, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 17921516
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm364

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm, False / diagnosis
Aneurysm, False / etiology*
Aneurysm, False / surgery
Dyspnea / etiology
Echocardiography
Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis
Heart Aneurysm / etiology*
Heart Aneurysm / surgery
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / complications*
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged