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Cross-sectional echocardiography diagnosed a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicating infective pericarditis in a 4-year-old girl, which was successfully treated by surgical resection.
Demonstrates successful surgical resection of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicating infective pericarditis in a pediatric patient.
Alerts clinicians to rare LV pseudoaneurysm in pediatric infective pericarditis; single case leaves optimal management open.
Cross sectional echocardiography demonstrated a pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular posterolateral wall close to the atrioventricular junction in a 4 year old girl with infective pericarditis complicating lobar pneumonia. Colour flow Doppler demonstrated bidirectional flow across the communication hole. Surgical resection was successful.
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Moraes et al. (1999) studied this question. Cross-sectional echocardiography diagnosed a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicating infective pericarditis in a 4-year-old girl, which was successfully treated by surgical resection.
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