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Case Reports
. 1999 Sep;82(3):393-4.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.82.3.393.

Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicating infective pericarditis

A N Moraes  1 , A G Ferreira Jr, S M Ferreira
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Case Reports

Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicating infective pericarditis

A N Moraes et al. Heart. 1999 Sep.

Abstract

Cross sectional echocardiography demonstrated a pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular posterolateral wall close to the atrioventricular junction in a 4 year old girl with infective pericarditis complicating lobar pneumonia. Colour flow Doppler demonstrated bidirectional flow across the communication hole. Surgical resection was successful.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Cross sectional echocardiography (apical four chamber view) showing large pericardial effusion and the communication between the left ventricle and the pseudoaneurysm (arrow). VE, left ventricle; VD, right ventricle; AE, left atrium; AD, right atrium.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Colour flow mapping and pulsed Doppler recording at the origin of the pseudoaneurysm (arrow). VE, left ventricle; AE, left atrium.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Left ventriculogram in the left anterior oblique view showing a large aneurysm of the posterolateral wall (arrows).
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