1. Huge left ventricular pseudoaneurysm rupture in an African young adult patient.
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di Summa M, Iezzi F, Oburu G, and Mehta N
- Subjects
- Adult, Aneurysm, False diagnosis, Aneurysm, False ethnology, Aneurysm, Ruptured diagnosis, Aneurysm, Ruptured ethnology, Female, Heart Aneurysm diagnosis, Heart Aneurysm ethnology, Humans, Kenya, Treatment Outcome, Aneurysm, False surgery, Aneurysm, Ruptured surgery, Black People, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Heart Aneurysm surgery
- Abstract
A pseudoaneurysm of the ventricle is formed when there is rupture of the myocardial wall with the discontinuity being roofed over by the pericardium and mural thrombus or fibrous tissue without myocardial elements. Cardiac pseudoaneurysm is a rare and a potentially life-threatening event. Early prophylactic surgical aneurysmectomy has been the treatment of choice. In this context, we report an unusual case of giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, as a result of unknown aetiology, appearing like a pulsatile mass, which was easily seen from the chest wall, in a young female, successfully treated with surgery., (© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.)
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- 2014
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