A giant inferoposterior true aneurysm of the left ventricle mimicking a pseudoaneurysm

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-212

  Yavuzgil, Oguz ^a   Gürgün, Cemil ^a   Apaydin, Anil ^a   Çinar, Cahide Soydas ^a   Yüksel, Alper ^b   Kültürsay, Hakan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b KENT HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary arteriosclerosis; Heart aneurysm; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALSE ANEURYSM; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645768369     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-005-9013-3     Document Type: Article

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