Gargantuan Pseudoaneurysm of the Left Ventricle | Zendy

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Gargantuan Pseudoaneurysm of the Left Ventricle

Author(s) -

Michael Frick,

Michael Hübler,

Takeshi Komoda,

Jan O. Kaufmann,

Cosima Jahnke,

Roland Hetzer,

Eckart Fleck,

Ingo Paetsch

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.935684

Subject(s) - medicine , german , cardiothoracic surgery , ventricle , cardiology , surgery , philosophy , linguistics

Three months after combined mitral and aortic valve replacement, a 74-year-old woman presented with New York Heart Association grade II to III dyspnea. She had regular sinus tachycardia (109 bpm), and her blood pressure was 90/55 mm Hg.Routine echocardiography showed normal left ventricular ejection fraction and normal functional status of mitral and aortic valve prosthesis. However, late systolic impression of the inferior/inferolateral wall and a large paracardiac cavity displaying an intense systolic and diastolic color and pulsed Doppler flow signal were noted (see Figure 1 and Movie I in the online-only Data Supplement). The cavity seemingly had a tortuous …

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