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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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Left ventricular postinfarction pseudoaneurysm: diagnostic advantages of three-dimensional echocardiography
Fulvio Cacciapuoti1, Paolo Tirelli2, Federico Cacciapuoti3
1 Emergency Department, Antonio Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy
2 Department of Internal Medicine, S.M. Loreto Nuovo Hospital, Naples, Italy
3 Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Correspondence Address:
Federico Cacciapuoti
Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Second University of Naples, Piazza L. Miraglia, 280138, Naples
Italy
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DOI: 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_49_16
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We present a case of posterior left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, a rare but potentially lethal complication of inferior acute myocardial infarction. The clinical findings and the customary, noninvasive diagnostic methods used are illustrated. Particularly, the most evident display obtained by the employment of three-dimensional echocardiography in comparison to those supplied by two-dimensional ultrasonic method was illustrated. |
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