Demonstrates the successful surgical repair of a large left ventricular false aneurysm developing late after postinfarction VSD repair.
Surgical repair of this rare late complication is feasible in select cases; leaves open optimal timing and long-term outcomes.
We report a novel case of a 69-year-old woman who was treated surgically for a postinfarction inferior ventricular septal defect and presented 3 years postoperatively with a large left ventricular false aneurysm. This was successfully repaired.
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