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  • Title: Giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicating an acute myocardial infarction in patient with previous cardiac surgery: a case report.
    Author: Contuzzi R, Gatto L, Patti G, Goffredo C, D'Ambrosio A, Covino E, Chello M, Di Sciascio G.
    Journal: J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown); 2009 Jan; 10(1):81-4. PubMed ID: 19145118.
    Abstract:
    Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a nonfrequent complication of acute myocardial infarction. We describe a case of a patient with previous cardiac surgery and recent inferior myocardial infarction, who developed severe congestive heart failure due to a giant pseudoaneurysm of the inferoposterior wall.
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