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Case Reports
. 2006 May;67(5):724-7.
doi: 10.1002/ccd.20636.

Dissecting intramyocardial hematoma masquerading as a pseudoaneurysm of left ventricular free wall: an unusual case of myocardial rupture

Addolorata Carcagnì  1 , Annunziata Nusca, Elvio Covino, Massimo Chello, Andrea D'Ambrosio, Giuseppe Patti, Germano Di Sciascio
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Dissecting intramyocardial hematoma masquerading as a pseudoaneurysm of left ventricular free wall: an unusual case of myocardial rupture

Addolorata Carcagnì et al. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2006 May.

Abstract

This report presents a case of left ventricular intramyocardial dissection masquerading as a ventricular pseudoaneurysm. Only serial echocardiograms could lead to the correct diagnosis, and left ventricular angiography could appropriately direct further testing and treatment.

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