
Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysms In A Young Patient: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Bipin Koirala
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
nepalese heart journal/nepalese heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2382-5464
pISSN - 2091-2978
DOI - 10.3126/njh.v4i1.26150
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction , left ventricular aneurysm , aneurysm , electrocardiography in myocardial infarction , surgery
Left ventricular aneurysm occurs most commonly as a consequence of myocardial Infarction. Congenital Left Ventricular aneurysms occurs rarely as diverticuli of the apex, as a part of a syndrome of congenital defects or following myocardial infarction in children with anomalous origin of coronary arteries, Post-traumatic left ventricular ancurysms are also reported in literature. Chronic infections like tuberculosis with arteritis is also reported as one of the causative factor. Here we report a case of such left ventricular pseudoaneurysms in a young patient probably ischemic in origin. The patient underwent surgery with favorable outcome.