Second successful surgical ventricular reconstruction: a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging illustration

This case reports a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) illustration of a successful ventricular reconstruction of a left ventricle pseudoaneurysm that developed four months after postmyocardial infarction ventricular repair. Thus, preoperative non-invasive MRI techniques are valuable diagnostic tools in this setting. Indeed, the present case shows that MRI greatly helped in the management and surgical decision-making. (C) 2010 Published by European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.