Reports a rare case of a giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicating an acute myocardial infarction in a patient with previous cardiac surgery.
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Hypothesis-generating for giant LV pseudoaneurysm causing post-MI HF after prior surgery; prospective data needed on incidence and management.
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a nonfrequent complication of acute myocardial infarction. We describe a case of a patient with previous cardiac surgery and recent inferior myocardial infarction, who developed severe congestive heart failure due to a giant pseudoaneurysm of the inferoposterior wall.
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