Second successful surgical ventricular reconstruction: a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging illustration

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Dec;11(6):852-3. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2010.246330. Epub 2010 Sep 9.

Abstract

This case reports a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) illustration of a successful ventricular reconstruction of a left ventricle pseudoaneurysm that developed four months after postmyocardial infarction ventricular repair. Thus, preoperative non-invasive MRI techniques are valuable diagnostic tools in this setting. Indeed, the present case shows that MRI greatly helped in the management and surgical decision-making.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / etiology
  • Aneurysm, False / pathology
  • Aneurysm, False / physiopathology
  • Aneurysm, False / surgery*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
  • Heart Diseases / etiology
  • Heart Diseases / pathology
  • Heart Diseases / physiopathology
  • Heart Diseases / therapy*
  • Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Recovery of Function
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Function, Left