Subepicardial aneurysm with impending cardiac rupture: A case of antemortem diagnosis and review of the literature

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-47

  Giltner, Aaron ^a,c   Marelli, Daniel ^a   Halpern, Ethan ^b   Savage, Michael ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiorrhexis; Computed tomography; Endoaneurysmorrhaphy; Pseudoaneurysm; Subepicardial aneurysm; Ventriculography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RUPTURE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STANDARD; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART RUPTURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846424982     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20023     Document Type: Article

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