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| J Korean Soc Echocardiogr. 2002 Dec;10(2):60-64. Korean. Published online December 31, 2002. https://doi.org/10.4250/jkse.2002.10.2.60 | |
| Copyright © 2002 Korean Society of Echocardiography | |
| Seung Hyun Lee, Myung Ho Jeong, Young Joon Hong, Ok young Park, Woo Suk Park, Joo Han Kim, Weon Kim, Jay Young Rhew, Sang Chun Lim, Myung Ja Choi, Young Keun Ahn, Jeong Gwan Cho, Jong Chun Park and Jung Chaee Kang | |
| The Heart Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, The Research Institute of Medical Sciences of Chonnam National University, Gwang Ju, Korea. | |
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A left ventricular pseudoaneurysm develops as one of serious complications patients after myocardial infarction. A pseudoaneurysm has a relatively high risk of rupture and requires urgent surgical repair. Hereby we report a case of 59-year-old man presented with a huge, 7×5 cm sized left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after acute inferior myocardial infarction. The huge aneurysm was diagnosed by echocardiography and managed successfully by aneurysmectomy and endoaneurysmorrhaphy. |
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Keywords: Myocardial Infarction; Complications; Pseudoaneurysm |
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