Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm developing as a late complication of coronary artery bypass grafting with apicoseptal plication

Echocardiography. 2005 Sep;22(8):679-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.40081.x.

Abstract

Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a false aneurysm, which results from a left ventricle rupture contained by adherent pericardium or scar tissue. The most common etiology of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is acute myocardial infarction but one-third of pseudoaneurysms develop following surgery. We present a case report of a patient who developed a false aneurysm of the left ventricle 2 months following surgical repair of a left ventricular aneurysm with a concomitant coronary bypass.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology*
  • Coronary Artery Bypass / adverse effects*
  • Heart Aneurysm / complications
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Heart Septum / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septum / surgery
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Time Factors
  • Ultrasonography
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology*