PROLONGED SURVIVAL OF A PATIENT WITH LEFT-VENTRICULAR PSEUDOANEURYSM FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION AND MITRAL-VALVE REPLACEMENT

Authors
FAZIA RB LEWIS JF MILLS RM NORMANN S CONTI CR
Citation
Rb. Fazia et al., PROLONGED SURVIVAL OF A PATIENT WITH LEFT-VENTRICULAR PSEUDOANEURYSM FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION AND MITRAL-VALVE REPLACEMENT, Chest, 109(2), 1996, pp. 577-579
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
109
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
577 - 579
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1996)109:2<577:PSOAPW>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We present the case of a patient with left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following acute myocardial infarction. Survival for 2 years following diagnosis, despite the large size of the aneurysm, and subsequent mana gement with cardiac transplantation represent unusual and interesting aspects of this complication of myocardial infarction.