Differentiating true versus pseudo left ventricular aneurysm: A case report and review of diagnostic strategies

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Cho, Michael N ^a   Mehta, Sameer K ^a   Matulevicius, Susan ^a   Weinstein, Douglas ^a   Wait, Michael A ^a   McGuire, Darren K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Myocardial infarction; Pseudoaneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QRS COMPLEX; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT; T WAVE;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750378812     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.crd.0000233756.66532.45     Document Type: Article

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