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Park, Kho, Im, Park, Choi, Park, Kwak, Hwang, and Jeon: A Case of Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Extending to Lateral Side of Left Atrium after Myocardial Infarction
Case Report

Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2006; 14(1): 29-32.

Published online: 31 March 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2006.14.1.29

A Case of Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Extending to Lateral Side of Left Atrium after Myocardial Infarction

Jeong Rang Park, Jin Sin Kho, Sung Il Im, Jin Yong Park, Bong Ryong Choi, Sung Ji Park, Chung Hwan Kwak, Jin Yong Hwang, Kyung Nyeo Jeon

Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.

Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.

jyhwang@nongae.gsnu.ac.kr

Copyright © 2006 Korean Society of Echocardiography

Abstract

Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare but fatal complication of acute myocardial infarction. It occurs as a consequence of rupture of the ventricular free wall and is confined by a portion of pericardium. The pseudoaneurysm extended to lateral side of the left atrium is rare. We report a case of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm extended to lateral side of the left atrium in a 83-year-old man.

Keywords: Pseudoaneurysm, Myocardial infarction, Complications

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