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Echocardiographic Detection of Two Distinct Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysms After Mitral Valve Replacement
Masaaki Takeuchi1, Akio Kuroiwa
1Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 807, Japan.
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement (MVR) is a rare but clinically significant complication. We report a case of two distinct left ventricular pseudoaneurysms after re-MVR, which was correctly diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography, and subsequently confirmed by surgery.