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Surgical Treatment of Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm
INTRODUCTION: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare condition because in most instances ventricular free-wall rupture leads to fatal pericardial tamponade. Rupture of the free wall of the left ventricle is a catastrophic complication of myocardial infarction, occurring in approximately 4% of pa...
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AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4240329/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25568538 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/medarh.2014.68.215-217 |
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author | Mujanovic, Emir Bergsland, Jacob Avdic, Sevleta Stanimirovic-Mujanovic, Sanja Kovacevic-Preradovic, Tamara Kabil, Emir |
author_facet | Mujanovic, Emir Bergsland, Jacob Avdic, Sevleta Stanimirovic-Mujanovic, Sanja Kovacevic-Preradovic, Tamara Kabil, Emir |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare condition because in most instances ventricular free-wall rupture leads to fatal pericardial tamponade. Rupture of the free wall of the left ventricle is a catastrophic complication of myocardial infarction, occurring in approximately 4% of patients with infarcts, resulting in immediate collapse of the patient and electromechanical dissociation. In rare cases the rupture is contained by pericardial and fibrous tissue, and the result is a pseudoaneurysm. The left ventricular pseudoaneurysm contains only pericardial and fibrous elements in its wall-no myocardial tissue. Because such aneurysms have a strong tendency to rupture, this disorder may lead to death if it is left surgically untreated. CASE REPORT: In this case report, we present a patient who underwent successful repair of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, which followed a myocardial infarction that was caused by occlusion of the left circumflex coronary artery. Although repair of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is still a surgical challenge, it can be performed with acceptable results in most patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-42403292015-01-07 Surgical Treatment of Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Mujanovic, Emir Bergsland, Jacob Avdic, Sevleta Stanimirovic-Mujanovic, Sanja Kovacevic-Preradovic, Tamara Kabil, Emir Med Arch Case Report INTRODUCTION: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare condition because in most instances ventricular free-wall rupture leads to fatal pericardial tamponade. Rupture of the free wall of the left ventricle is a catastrophic complication of myocardial infarction, occurring in approximately 4% of patients with infarcts, resulting in immediate collapse of the patient and electromechanical dissociation. In rare cases the rupture is contained by pericardial and fibrous tissue, and the result is a pseudoaneurysm. The left ventricular pseudoaneurysm contains only pericardial and fibrous elements in its wall-no myocardial tissue. Because such aneurysms have a strong tendency to rupture, this disorder may lead to death if it is left surgically untreated. CASE REPORT: In this case report, we present a patient who underwent successful repair of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, which followed a myocardial infarction that was caused by occlusion of the left circumflex coronary artery. Although repair of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is still a surgical challenge, it can be performed with acceptable results in most patients. AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2014-05-31 2014-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4240329/ /pubmed/25568538 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/medarh.2014.68.215-217 Text en Copyright: © AVICENA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Mujanovic, Emir Bergsland, Jacob Avdic, Sevleta Stanimirovic-Mujanovic, Sanja Kovacevic-Preradovic, Tamara Kabil, Emir Surgical Treatment of Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm |
title | Surgical Treatment of Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm |
title_full | Surgical Treatment of Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm |
title_fullStr | Surgical Treatment of Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm |
title_full_unstemmed | Surgical Treatment of Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm |
title_short | Surgical Treatment of Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm |
title_sort | surgical treatment of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4240329/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25568538 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/medarh.2014.68.215-217 |
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