Surgical treatment of postinfarction false aneurysm of the left ventricle

[False aneurysm of the left ventricle].

Surgical treatment of postinfarction left ventricular aneurysm in 32 patients.

Thirty-two patients with large postinfarction left ventricular aneurysms shown at operation to consist of fibrous tissue are reported. All had angina and/or breathlessness, and none had a history of embolism. Thirty were correctly diagnosed by left ventricular cineangiography. Two of the 3 patients with inferior and 1 with an anterior aneurysm had associated ventricular septal defects, and 3 pa...

Surgical treatment of false aneurysm of the left ventricle after myocardial infarction.

Rupture of the left ventricle after myocardial infarction results either in sudden death from cardiac tamponade or, when pericardial adhesions are present, in bleeding that is confined to a limited space, which gradually expands as the blood flows through a small communicating orifice under high pressure, forming a false aneurysm. In three such patients a false aneurysm of the left ventricle af...

Left Ventricle Postinfarction Pseudoaneurysm: Anatomical Forms and Surgical Management

Introduction: Left Ventricle Postinfarction Pseudoaneurysm (LVPS)—false aneurysm occurs after a free-wall rupture contained by the adjacent pericardium. LVPS lacks the normal structure of the ventricular wall and disrupts the normal chamber anatomy. However, the natural history, clinical presentation and surgical outcome are still unclear. For that reason, it is necessary to describe the most r...

Surgical repair of a false aneurysm of the left ventricle resulting from a separation between the aorta and the heart.

SUMMARY In the case of at 44-year-old TNegro man with ltpus erytheematosus reported, a rapidly expanding mass had developed in the region of the left ventricle. Surgical exploration revealed a false aneurysm arising from a defect at the base of the heart. The defect is interpreted as a separation of the aorta from the heart in the region of the left coronary cusp of the aortic valve. Surgical r...