Key result
Surgical patch repair of post-MI inferior wall rupture precedes giant LV aneurysm at three months.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights the development of a giant left ventricular aneurysm as a late complication following surgical repair of a post-infarction ventricular wall rupture.
Clinicians should monitor for late giant left ventricular aneurysm after patch repair; this case leaves open incidence and surveillance needs.
After 3 days of nausea and dyspnoea, a 62-year-old man was found to have a completed inferior myocardial infarction. Angiography demonstrated right coronary artery occlusion, and no intervention was performed. Several days later, he had worsened dyspnoea and syncope due to pericardial haematoma. This prompted emergent surgical evacuation and patch repair of a 2-cm inferior wall rupture. Three months later, he presented …
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Alenghat et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Inferior myocardial infarction (n=1). Surgical evacuation and patch repair was evaluated. A 62-year-old man developed a giant left ventricular aneurysm as a late complication three months after surgical patch repair of an inferior wall rupture due to myocardial infarction.
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