Case report: pericardial adhesions from a previous coronary artery bypass surgery contain a left ventricular free wall rupture after an acute myocardial infarction to form a pseudoaneurysm.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fatal mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarctions include free wall rupture and ventricular septal rupture. If pericardial adhesions wall off a free wall rupture, it may lead to formation of pseudoaneurysms that are characterized by a narrow mouth. Even though pseudoaneurysms are common after myocardial infarctions, they may also occur following surgery, trauma, and infections rarely.

Case summary

We present a case of a 62-year-old man who developed a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm 2 weeks after thrombolysis for an acute inferolateral myocardial infarction. Multiple non-invasive imaging modalities demonstrated the anatomy, regional and global ventricular function, distortion of mitral annulus by the eccentric large aneurysm. Pericardial scars after a

SUBMITTER: Singh AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6177030 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature