A Rare Case of a Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm With Lateral Wall Rupture

• Published in: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 14; no. 3; p. e22909
• Main Authors: Al Lawati, Abdullah, Al-Hadhrami, Wijdan, Al Hosni, Fatma, Al Lawati, Meetham, Elseragy, Emad, Sirasanagandla, Srinivasa, Al Lawati, Adil, Al-Attraqchi, Mustafa, Al Umairi, Rashid Saif
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Cureus Inc 07.03.2022; Cureus
• Subjects: Acute coronary syndromes; Aneurysms; Asymptomatic; Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery; Cardiology; Case reports; Coronary vessels; Dyspnea; Emergency medical care; Health sciences; Heart attacks; Heart failure; Heart surgery; Hospitals; Literature reviews; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical imaging; Patients; Pseudoaneurysm; Systematic review; Tomography; Ultrasonic imaging; Veins & arteries; left ventricular pseudoaneurysm; pericardial effusion; lateral wall rupture; myocardial infarction complication; echocardiogram; surgical emergency scenarios
• ISSN: 2168-8184; 2168-8184
• DOI: 10.7759/cureus.22909

In this report, we present a case of a 51-year-old male patient with a left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysm and a ruptured lateral wall due to a previous myocardial infarction. This patient was referred to the Coronary Care Unit with a past history of acute coronary syndrome of two months. He presented with palpitations and acute pulmonary edema upon admission. Color Doppler detected a ruptured lateral ventricular wall, and an echocardiogram confirmed the presence of a lateral ventricular wall pseudoaneurysm. Emergency LV aneurysmal rupture repair surgery was performed on this patient, and the postoperative findings were stable till discharge.