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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002;124:1244-1245
© 2002 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communications

Posteroinferior giant true aneurysm of the left ventricle presenting as pseudoaneurysm

Michael Toumbouras, MD, K. Rammos, MD, P. Spanos, MD Thessaloniki, Greece

From the Cardiothoracic Surgical Clinic, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Received for publication Feb 19, 2002. Accepted for publication March 27, 2002. Address for reprints: Michael Toumbouras, Associate Professor, Ethnikis Aminis 32, 546 21, Thessaloniki, Greece (E-mail: prfmtoumbouras@hotmail.com).

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Posteroinferior aneurysms of the left ventricle are rare, and in comparison with anterior wall aneurysms, a higher percentage of reported inferior wall aneurysms were classified as false.Go Go 1,2 We report the case of a patient who had the clinical picture of congestive heart failure and mitral regurgitation.

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A 69-year-old man was admitted with a 2-month history of advanced congestive heart failure and mitral regurgitation. Thirty months earlier, the patient underwent a 3-vessel revascularization . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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