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Resternotomy for a Retrosternal Cardiac Pseudoaneurysm in a 1.5‐Year‐ Old Child: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Baslaim Ghassan M.,
Kouatli Amjad A.,
Mamoun Irfan A.,
Galal Mohammed O.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2005.00104.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , ventricle , asymptomatic , endocarditis , cardiac surgery , surgery , radiology , cardiology , aneurysm
Cardiac pseudoaneurysm is a contained rupture of the myocardium that can occur after cardiac surgery, chest trauma, and endocarditis. The wall of the pseudoaneurysm consists of fibrous tissue and lacks the structural elements found in a normal cardiac wall, and it is contained by the pericardial adhesions or the epicardial wall. Early surgery is recommended even for asymptomatic patients due to the propensity for rupture and fatal outcome. We report our experience with the surgical approach of a child with a cardiac pseudoaneurysm who had undergone a biventricular repair of a double outlet right ventricle with non‐committed ventricular septal defect in the form of intraventricular tunneling.