Open AccessMultidetector Computed Tomography in Post‐traumatic Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm
Author(s) -
Bozlar Ugur,
Yurtsever Ismail,
Sahin Ugurel M.,
Ors Fatih,
Selim Nural M.,
Tasar Mustafa
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.20258
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , multidetector computed tomography , aneurysm , dissection (medical) , asymptomatic , radiology , ventricle , blunt , computed tomography , blunt trauma , penetrating trauma , angiography , computed tomography angiography , cardiology
We report a 20‐year‐old male with rare asymptomatic aneurysm of the left ventricle that was concluded to be a pseudoaneurysm given its calcified walls and the history of severe blunt chest trauma 8 years ago. Multidetector computed tomography (CT) angiography of the coronary vessels helped exclude vascular insult and suggest traumatic intramyocardial dissection as underlying etiopathogenesis, besides providing a good view of aneurysm and cardiac morphology in relation to coronary vessels. Copyright © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.