Key result
Surgical treatment manages giant LV pseudoaneurysm secondary to cocaine use and prior MI.
Case Report (n=1)
Surgical treatment may be a viable option for rare cases of giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm secondary to cocaine-induced myocardial infarction in young patients.
May support surgical evaluation in rare post-cocaine giant LV pseudoaneurysms; leaves open need for prospective validation.
The patient is a 19-year-old male that reported a 7-year history of regular cocaine presenting at this moment with dyspnea after moderate exertion, orthopnea and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea for 30 days. The echocardiogram and the cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed a giant left ventricle pseudoaneurysm secondary to the usage of cocaine and previous myocardial infarction. The combination of these situations made this patient a unique case. We showed that the surgical treatment may be an option.
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Soeiro et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after acute myocardial infarction (n=1). Surgical treatment was evaluated. Surgical treatment may be an option for managing a giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm secondary to cocaine use and previous myocardial infarction.
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