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Iatrogenic left ventricular pseudoaneurysm
L S Souza1, A A Mesquita, E D Chula
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, São João de Deus Hospital, Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil. liberato@gold.com.br
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|October 18, 2001
Abstract:
A case of iatrogenic left ventricular pseudoaneurysm in a male patient, with a diagnosis of pericarditis, is presented. The patient developed severe complications after an attempted diagnostic and therapeutic pericardiocentesis. Six months later, after corrective surgery, the pseudoaneurysm recurred. The patient had a second operation and two connections to the left ventricle were found. One year later the patient is well.