A large asymptomatic postinfarction left ventricular pseudoaneurysm can be incidentally detected by echocardiography during recurrent ACS and successfully treated with combined aneurysmectomy and CABG.
Large thrombus-containing LV pseudoaneurysms may warrant surgery even when asymptomatic; leaves open imaging protocols after unrecognized MI.
ENWEndNote BIBJabRef, Mendeley RISPapers, Reference Manager, RefWorks, Zotero AMA Witkowska A, Urbanowicz T, Olasińska-Wiśniewska A, Katarzyński S, Perek B, Jemielity M. A large asymptomatic postinfarction left ventricular pseudoaneurysm – an incidental finding during a recurrent coronary event. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023;20(1):47-49. doi:10.5114/kitp.2023.126099. APA Witkowska, A., Urbanowicz, T., Olasińska-Wiśniewska, A., Katarzyński, S., Perek, B., & Jemielity, M. (2023). A large asymptomatic postinfarction left ventricular pseudoaneurysm – an incidental finding during a recurrent coronary event. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 20(1), 47-49. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2023.126099 Chicago Witkowska, Anna, Tomasz Urbanowicz, Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska, Sławomir Katarzyński, Bartłomiej Perek, and Marek Jemielity. 2023. "A large asymptomatic postinfarction left ventricular pseudoaneurysm – an incidental finding during a recurrent coronary event". Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 20 (1): 47-49. doi:10.5114/kitp.2023.126099. Harvard Witkowska, A., Urbanowicz, T., Olasińska-Wiśniewska, A., Katarzyński, S., Perek, B., and Jemielity, M. (2023). A large asymptomatic postinfarction left ventricular pseudoaneurysm – an incidental finding during a recurrent coronary event. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 20(1), pp.47-49. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2023.126099 MLA Witkowska, Anna et al. "A large asymptomatic postinfarction left ventricular pseudoaneurysm – an incidental finding during a recurrent coronary event." Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, vol. 20, no. 1, 2023, pp. 47-49. doi:10.5114/kitp.2023.126099. Vancouver Witkowska A, Urbanowicz T, Olasińska-Wiśniewska A, Katarzyński S, Perek B, Jemielity M. A large asymptomatic postinfarction left ventricular pseudoaneurysm – an incidental finding during a recurrent coronary event. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023;20(1):47-49. doi:10.5114/kitp.2023.126099.
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