Successful percutaneous closure of post myocardial infarction left ventricular ruptured pseudoaneurysm after failed
Haliah Z Alshehri1, Tariq S Momenah2, Abdulaziz AlBaradai3
1Adult Cardiology Department, Prince Salman Heart Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysms occur as a consequence of left ventricular free wall rupture contained by pericardium. This clinical situation is an uncommon but lethal complication of acute myocardial infarction. Surgery usually is the preferred therapeutic option but is associated with significant perioperative risk. We present a case of successful percutaneous closure of left ventricular ruptured pseudoaneurysm post myocardial infarction in a patient who failed two previous surgical repairs. <Learning objective: Recently there has been some published experience regarding percutaneous closure of left ventricle pseudoaneurysm as an alternative to surgical repair in patients at high operative risk. To the best of our knowledge this is the first reported case that demonstrates successful percutaneous closure of ruptured pseudoaneurysm after failed surgical repairs.>.
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