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Case Reports
. 2007;34(2):252-3.

Pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle in the presence of Dressler's syndrome

Nikola Dobrilovic  1 , Cary S Passik, Richard Shaw
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Case Reports

Pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle in the presence of Dressler's syndrome

Nikola Dobrilovic et al. Tex Heart Inst J. 2007.
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Fig. 1 Cardiac catheterization reveals a large pseudoaneurysm of the posterolateral left ventricular wall. The cavity of the pseudoaneurysm (arrowheads) is substantially larger than that of the left ventricle, as is seen in the anteroposterior view (A) and the lateral view (B).Real-time motion images are available at texasheart.org/journal.
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Fig. 2 A computed tomographic scan of the chest shows a large pseudoaneurysm (*) of the posterolateral left ventricular (LV) wall.
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Fig. 3 Intraoperative photograph shows the surgical repair of the pseudoaneurysm.
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Fig. 4 Photomicrograph of the pseudoaneurysmal wall (H & E, orig. ×40), with prominent fibrovascular tissue. Normal anatomic layers of myocardium are absent.
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References

    1. Treasure T. False aneurysm of the left ventricle. Heart 1998; 80:7–8. - PMC - PubMed

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