European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on October 6, 2007
European Heart Journal 2008 29(2):143; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm364
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Giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm: a rare complication following left ventricular rupture caused by myocardial infarction
Department of Cardiology, Heart Center Northern Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Georgstr. 11, Bad Oeynhausen D-32545, Germany
* Corresponding author. Tel: +49 5731 971258, Fax: +49 5731 972194. Email: akohlstaedt@hdz-nrw.de
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Six months after a myocardial infarction, a 62-year-old man was admitted with exertional dyspnoea (NYHA Class III).
Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a large pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular (LV) free wall