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Case Reports
. 2004 Oct;90(10):e62.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.042135.

Percutaneous device closure of a pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular wall

P Clift  1 , S Thorne, J de Giovanni
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Case Reports

Percutaneous device closure of a pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular wall

P Clift et al. Heart. 2004 Oct.

Abstract

The percutaneous device closure of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is described in a 60 year old man with a history of myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular tachycardia and left ventricular aneurysm treated by coronary artery bypass grafting and aneursymectomy with ventricular tachycardia ablation. He subsequently developed a vast pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle with New York Heart Association functional class II heart failure symptoms. The selection of the approach and type of device used to close the neck of the pseudoaneurysm are discussed.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Left ventricular (LV) angiogram in systole, showing the large false aneurysm (arrows).
Figure 2
Figure 2
LV angiogram in systole after device closure of the neck of the false aneurysm. The arrow indicates the position of the Amplatzer device.
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