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Delayed Presentation of Iatrogenic Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm
Author(s) -
Moharana Manoj K.,
Agarwal Saket,
Minhas Harpreet S.,
Pratap Himanshu,
Satsangi Deepak K.
Publication year - 2010
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.1540-8191.2010.00995.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , presentation (obstetrics) , cardiology , radiology , aneurysm
Occurrence of left ventricular aneurysm outside the realm of ischemic heart disease is uncommon and one following an iatrogenic trauma is very rare. We describe one such case of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm developing following pericardiocentesis and presenting one year after the procedure, and its successful surgical management . (J Card Surg 2010;25:284‐287)