Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicating infective pericarditis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Cross sectional echocardiography demonstrated a pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular posterolateral wall close to the atrioventricular junction in a 4 year old girl with infective pericarditis complicating lobar pneumonia. Colour flow Doppler demonstrated bidirectional flow across the communication hole. Surgical resection was successful.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm, False
- Heart Aneurysm
- Pericarditis
- Staphylococcal Infections