Posttraumatic left ventricular pseudoaneurysm due to intramyocardial dissecting hematoma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A left ventricular aneurysm can develop in patients sustaining blunt chest injury. This condition has been attributed to myocardial contusion or to a direct vascular lesion leading to myocardial necrosis. We report the case of a pseudoaneurysm resulting from myocardial dissection beginning from a small tear in the endocardial wall. Successful surgical exclusion of the pseudoaneurysm by endoaneurysmal patch closure of the communications between the aneurysm and the left ventricular cavity is described.
Medical subject headings
- Aortic Dissection
- Aneurysm, False
- Heart Aneurysm
- Heart Injuries
- Hematoma
- Thoracic Injuries
- Wounds, Nonpenetrating