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January 1, 2009Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

A patient with previous cardiac surgery and recent inferior myocardial infarction developed severe congestive heart failure due to a giant pseudoaneurysm of the inferoposterior wall.

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1 patient with previous cardiac surgery and recent inferior myocardial infarction, who developed severe…

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RCRocco ContuzziLGLaura GattoGPGiuseppe Patti

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Hypothesis-generating for giant LV pseudoaneurysm causing post-MI HF after prior surgery; prospective data needed on incidence and management.

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1 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

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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Contuzzi et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7c380b4fcef545fadfaca0https://doi.org/10.2459/jcm.0b013e32831a98e6
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