Key result
Two-dimensional echocardiography successfully differentiated a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm from a true aneurysm in a patient following a transmural myocardial infarction.
Why the study?
Can two-dimensional echocardiography differentiate pseudoaneurysm from true aneurysm of the left ventricle in a patient with a history of transmural myocardial infarction?
Case Report (n=1)
Can two-dimensional echocardiography differentiate pseudoaneurysm from true aneurysm of the left ventricle in a patient with a history of transmural myocardial infarction?
Two-dimensional echocardiography is a useful non-invasive tool for differentiating left ventricular pseudoaneurysm from true aneurysm.
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Echocardiography may differentiate LV pseudoaneurysm from true aneurysm post-MI; leaves open need for validation beyond single case.
Pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle diagnosed by two dimensional echocardiography. L. Lee, J. Healey and J. D. Woolridge, Aust. N.Z. J. Med., 1982, 12, pp. 56–59. A patient with pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle, a rare complication of transmural myocardial infarction, is reported. The differentiation of the pseudoaneurysm from true aneurysm of the left ventricle was made by two-dimensional echocardiography, and the practical importance of making this distinction is discussed.
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Lee et al. (1982) conducted a case report in Pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle (n=1). Two-dimensional echocardiography was evaluated on Differentiation of pseudoaneurysm from true aneurysm. Two-dimensional echocardiography successfully differentiated a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm from a true aneurysm in a patient following a transmural myocardial infarction.
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