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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:1372
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Images in cardiothoracic surgery

Giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysms

Ruggero De Paulis, MDa, Giovanni M. De Matteis, MDa, Luisa Colagrande, MDa, Maria Michela Buratta, MDa, Luigi Chiariello, MDa

a Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Address reprint requests to Dr De Paulis, Cattedra di Cardiochirurgia, Università di Roma, Tor Vergata, European Hospital, via Portuense 700, 00149 Rome, Italy
e-mail: depauli@tin.it

A 70-year-old man, with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, experienced an inferior myocardial infarction for which he received thrombolytic therapy at an outside hospital. Thirty days later, when a routine echocardiography revealed the presence of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, the patient was transferred to our institution. A repeat echocardiogram demonstrated a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm with dimensions similar to the left ventricular cavity. Figure . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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