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Giant left ventricular pseudo-false aneurysm following myocardial infarction

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We report a successful surgical ease of giant left ventricular pseudo-false aneurysm in a 63-year-old man. The abnormality of the inferior wall of the left ventricle was discovered incidentally by abdominal ultrasonography for health examination at another hospital. Transthoracic echocardiography and left ventriculography revealed a giant false aneurysm (74×75×40 mm) in the inferior wall of the left ventricle with a large orifice (70×58 mm). Repair of the aneurysm was performed under arrested heart, closing the large orifice with a Hemashield patch. Postoperative pathological examination proved that the wall of the aneurysm had myocardial tissue. The microscopic results strongly suggested that this aneurysm was a pseudo-false aneurysm.

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Hiratsuka City Hospital, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan

    Takashi Matsubara MD

  2. Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hiratsuka City Hospital, 1-19-1 Minamihara, Hiratsuka, 254-0065, Kanagawa, Japan

    Kiyoshi Koizumi MD, Takahiko Misumi MD & Mikihiko Kudo MD

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Koizumi, K., Misumi, T., Kudo, M. et al. Giant left ventricular pseudo-false aneurysm following myocardial infarction. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 53, 120–123 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-005-0015-9

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