Demonstrates long-term survival and successful late surgical repair of a massive cardiac pseudoaneurysm diagnosed by cross-sectional echocardiography.
May inform decisions on watchful waiting versus intervention in cardiac pseudoaneurysm; extends sparse case evidence but should not change practice.
Myocardial rupture of the left ventricle after an acute myocardial infarction resulted in the formation of a massive pseudoaneurysm in a middle aged man. Cross sectional echocardiography was useful in identifying the defect which was successfully closed at operation nine years after its formation.
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