Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Complicating Inferior Myocardial Infarction: A Case Report

被引:4
作者
Erdim, Refik [1 ]
Yildirimturk, Ozlem [1 ]
Polat, Bulent [2 ]
Aytekin, Saide [1 ]
Demiroglu, Cemsid [1 ]
Aytekin, Vedat [1 ]
机构
[1] Florence Nightingale Hosp, Dept Cardiol, Istanbul, Turkey
[2] Florence Nightingale Hosp, Dept Cardiovasc Surg, Istanbul, Turkey
关键词
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm; myocardial infarction; surgery;
D O I
10.1055/s-0031-1279681
中图分类号
R6 [外科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100210 ;
摘要
Acquired pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle is a very rare disorder and mostly occurs after large transmural myocardial infarction (MI) with peak creatine phosphokinase-MB levels greater than 150 IU/mL. Patients developing left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysm usually present with angina or heart failure symptoms. Although different imaging modalities exist, coronary angiography is the gold standard for diagnosis. Surgery is the treatment of choice for LV pseudoaneurysms detected in the first months after MI. Here we report the case of a 74-year-old woman who presented with a relatively small inferior MI due to right coronary artery occlusion and complicated by LV pseudoaneurysm.
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