Multidetector computed tomography in post-traumatic ventricular pseudoaneurysm

Clin Cardiol. 2009 Jun;32(6):E72-4. doi: 10.1002/clc.20258.

Abstract

We report a 20-year-old male with rare asymptomatic aneurysm of the left ventricle that was concluded to be a pseudoaneurysm given its calcified walls and the history of severe blunt chest trauma 8 years ago. Multidetector computed tomography (CT) angiography of the coronary vessels helped exclude vascular insult and suggest traumatic intramyocardial dissection as underlying etiopathogenesis, besides providing a good view of aneurysm and cardiac morphology in relation to coronary vessels.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Calcinosis / etiology
  • Coronary Angiography / methods*
  • Heart Injuries / complications*
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / injuries
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Male
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications*
  • Young Adult