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Left ventricular false aneurysm
T Tirilomis1, F O Mahmoud, J Von der Emde
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Erlangen, Germany.
Acta Cardiologica
|October 21, 2000
Abstract:
False aneurysms of the left ventricle develop after rupture of the ventricular wall in an area of pericardial adhesions. This complication of myocardial infarction is uncommon. Images of a post-infarction false aneurysm are presented.