Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm

A 55-year-old man submitted to emergency surgery due to cardiac perforation by stabbing. One month later, he presented with chest pain, and a transthoracic echocardiogram revealed moderate-severe mitral regurgitation. After 6 months, a new transthoracic echocardiogram showed a left ventricular pseud...

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Published in:JACC. Case reports 2024-03, Vol.29 (6), p.102240, Article 102240
Main Authors: Cruz, Isabel, Pereira, Adriana, dos Santos, Rui Pontes, Almeida, Jorge, Pinho, Paulo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
cardiac perforation
left ventricular pseudoaneurysm
mitral regurgitation
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Summary:A 55-year-old man submitted to emergency surgery due to cardiac perforation by stabbing. One month later, he presented with chest pain, and a transthoracic echocardiogram revealed moderate-severe mitral regurgitation. After 6 months, a new transthoracic echocardiogram showed a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, being later submitted to pseudoaneurysm exclusion and mitral valvuloplasty. [Display omitted]
ISSN:2666-0849
2666-0849
DOI:10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102240