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Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm in a Patient With an Apical Aneurysm.


ABSTRACT: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a potentially life-threatening complication of acute myocardial infarction. Timely diagnosis is crucial to improve the patient's prognosis. We describe a multimodality diagnostic approach with emphasis on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm found surreptitiously in 72-year-old man 2 weeks following an acute myocardial infarction. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.).

SUBMITTER: Patel P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8305086 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm in a Patient With an Apical Aneurysm.

Patel Pratik P   Siegenthaler Michael M   Bandettini W Patricia WP   Arai Andrew E AE   Fujikura Kana K  

JACC. Case reports 20200812 1


Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a potentially life-threatening complication of acute myocardial infarction. Timely diagnosis is crucial to improve the patient's prognosis. We describe a multimodality diagnostic approach with emphasis on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm found surreptitiously in 72-year-old man 2 weeks following an acute myocardial infarction. (<b>Level of Difficulty: Beginner.</b>). ...[more]

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