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Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm with hemoptysis.

M S Adkins·G W Laub·S B Pollock·J Fernandez·L B McGrath
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A 53-year-old man who had previously undergone resection of a left ventricular aneurysm was admitted because of hemoptysis. Preoperative evaluation with computed tomographic scan and cardiac catheterization demonstrated a pseudoaneurysm of the inferior ventricular wall measuring 16 cm in diameter with protrusion into the left hemithorax. The neck of the pseudoaneurysm was a defect in the ventricular wall extending from the base of the mitral valve annulus to the insertion of the posterior papillary muscle. Operative repair was performed using an albumin-coated, low-porosity Dacron patch.

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M S Adkins, G W Laub, S B Pollock, J Fernandez, L B McGrath. 1991. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm with hemoptysis.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-4975(91)90872-n

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