Delayed left ventricular pseudo-aneurysm after postinfarction repair of ventricular septal defect

Cardiovasc J Afr. 2019;30(1):e1-e3. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2018-049. Epub 2018 Nov 6.

Abstract

Left ventricular pseudo-aneurysm is a rare complication that usually occurs after myocardial infarction or cardiac surgery. Sometimes it is related to cardiac rupture. We report on surgical management for a left ventricular pseudo-aneurysm that developed four years after surgery for ventricular septal defect in a patient with acute myocardial infarction.

Keywords: myocardial infarction; pseudo‐aneurysm; ventricular septal defect.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology*
  • Aneurysm, False / surgery
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
  • Computed Tomography Angiography
  • Coronary Angiography / methods
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Heart Aneurysm / surgery
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications*
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Radionuclide Ventriculography
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Septal Rupture / diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Septal Rupture / etiology
  • Ventricular Septal Rupture / surgery*