Surgical Treatment of Postinfarction Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm

In this report, we present two cases who had left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, resection, and repair was done successfully. The repair was performed with the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass. The neck of the pseudoaneurysm was closed with autologous fresh pericardial patch. The surgical treatment of ven...

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Published inJournal of cardiac surgery Vol. 19; no. 6; pp. 544 - 546
Main Authors Daglar, Bahadir, Celkan, M. Adnan, Kazaz, Hakki, Ustunsoy, Hasim, Davutoglu, Vedat
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 350 Main Street , Malden , MA 02148‐5020 , USA and 9600 Garsington Road , Oxford OX4 2XG , England Blackwell Science Inc 01.11.2004
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Aged
Aneurysm, False - diagnosis
Aneurysm, False - etiology
Aneurysm, False - surgery
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Coronary Angiography
Echocardiography
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction - prevention & control
Heart Ventricles - pathology
Heart Ventricles - surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction - complications
Ultrasonography, Doppler
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Summary:In this report, we present two cases who had left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, resection, and repair was done successfully. The repair was performed with the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass. The neck of the pseudoaneurysm was closed with autologous fresh pericardial patch. The surgical treatment of ventricular pseudoaneurysm depends upon their origin, size, and local extension.
ISSN:0886-0440
1540-8191
DOI:10.1111/j.0886-0440.2004.200364.x