An Unpleasant Surprise: Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Developing After Placement in Trendelenburg Position

Free wall rupture after a myocardial infarction may rarely cause a left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysm to develop. LV pseudoaneurysms are most commonly discovered incidentally on echocardiography and require a high index of suspicion to diagnose. We report the case of a 73-year-old male who experie...

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Autores principales: Manasewitsch, Nicholas T, Antwi-Amoabeng, Daniel, Lu, Eric, Beutler, Bryce D, Rowan, Christopher J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7478668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32923295
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10245

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7478668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32923295
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10245

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