Posterior pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle: a prospective echocardiographic diagnosis

South Med J. 1979 May;72(5):526-9. doi: 10.1097/00007611-197905000-00008.

Abstract

A 69-year-old man had a posterior pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle shown by echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. The patient had resection of the pseudoaneurysm and did well. The case illustrates the usefulness of echocardiography for detecting and evaluating left ventricular pseudoaneurysm and the effectiveness of surgery for that entity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angiography
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Echocardiography*
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis*
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Aneurysm / surgery
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methods