Surgical Treatment of a Giant Postero-Inferior Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Causing Severe Mitral Insufficiency and Congestive Heart Failure

Introduction: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm caused by a transmural myocardial infarction is a fatal complication. Reliable diagnosis and on-time surgical intervention are significant for the patient's survival. Methods/Results: A 70-year-old diabetic man with a two-month earlier history of su...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012/04/20, Vol.18(2), pp.151-155
Hauptverfasser:	Kansiz, Erhan, Hatemi, Ali Can, Tongut, Aybala, Cohcen, Sadettin, Yildiz, Ahmet, Kilickesmez, Kadriye, Celiker, Cengiz
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged aneurysm Aneurysm, False - diagnosis Aneurysm, False - etiology Aneurysm, False - surgery Cardiac Surgical Procedures Coronary Angiography Echocardiography, Transesophageal Heart Aneurysm - diagnosis Heart Aneurysm - etiology Heart Aneurysm - surgery Heart Failure - diagnosis Heart Failure - etiology Heart Failure - surgery Humans left ventricular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Mitral Valve Insufficiency - diagnosis Mitral Valve Insufficiency - etiology Mitral Valve Insufficiency - surgery myocardial infarction Myocardial Infarction - complications Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis pseudoaneurysm Suture Techniques Treatment Outcome
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