Open AccessSeventy‐year‐old patient survives a giant apical LV pseudoaneurysm for 8 years
Author(s) -
Razik Nady A.,
Taha Salma,
ElMaghraby Khaled,
Demitry Salwa
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.518
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , cardiology , heart failure , cardiomyopathy , radiology , aneurysm
Key clinical message The risk of rupture of LV pseudaneurysm is still not well understood, and ischemic cardiomyopathy with heart failure is a common consequence. Simple investigations like chest X‐ray can give clue to such a serious diagnosis.