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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:1106-1108
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Spontaneous Rupture of Left Ventricular True Aneurysm

Hung-Hsing Chao, MD, Ming-Jen Lu, MD * , Chi-Ren Hung, MD

Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Accepted for publication February 17, 2004.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Lu, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, No. 95, Wen-Chang Rd, Shi-Lin District 111, Taipei, Taiwan; (Email: m000726{at}ms.skh.org.tw).

The rupture of left ventricular true aneurysm is a rare event. We report the case of a 52-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with cardiac tamponade that was due to a ruptured left ventricular true aneurysm. An emergency operation was successfully performed to address this rare event.






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