Abstract
A 69-year-old man who had a post-infarction left ventricular aneurysm underwent surgical repair. Preoperative left ventriculography showed a small aneurysm, 3.0 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm in size, with a narrow neck at the inferior wall suggesting a typical "false" aneurysm. But intraoperative and pathological examination revealed that this was a "true" aneurysm which contains coronary artery and myocardial cells in its wall. Left ventriculography is not necessarily the definite standard to differentiate between true and false left ventricular aneurysm.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 541-543 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 6 |
Publication status | Published - 06-1992 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Medicine