[Differential imaging diagnosis of left ventricular aneurysm and pseudoaneurysm in the course of a myocardial infarct]

Rev Port Cardiol. 1998 Jun;17(6):535-41.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

Differential diagnosis between true and false left ventricular aneurysms is not always easy, despite the use of imaging techniques of great diagnostic accuracy. We report a case in which the distinction between these two situations offers some difficulty. Finally, we review the characteristics of ventricular aneurysms and that of pseudoaneurysms, focusing on the aspects that enable their differentiation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / complications
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Heart Aneurysm / complications
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications*