Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: A Bursting Threat

JACC Case Rep. 2024 Feb 9;29(6):102240. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102240. eCollection 2024 Mar 20.

Abstract

A 55-year-old man submitted to emergency surgery due to cardiac perforation by stabbing. One month later, he presented with chest pain, and a transthoracic echocardiogram revealed moderate-severe mitral regurgitation. After 6 months, a new transthoracic echocardiogram showed a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, being later submitted to pseudoaneurysm exclusion and mitral valvuloplasty.

Keywords: cardiac perforation; left ventricular pseudoaneurysm; mitral regurgitation.