Dissecting intramyocardial hematoma masquerading as a pseudoaneurysm of left ventricular free wall: An unusual case of myocardial rupture

✍ Scribed by Addolorata Carcagnì; Annunziata Nusca; Elvio Covino; Massimo Chello; Andrea D'Ambrosio; Giuseppe Patti; Germano Di Sciascio

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 189 KB
• Volume: 67
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1522-1946
• DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20636

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This report presents a case of left ventricular intramyocardial dissection masquerading as a ventricular pseudoaneurysm. Only serial echocardiograms could lead to the correct diagnosis, and left ventricular angiography could appropriately direct further testing and treatment. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.