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Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm versus aneurysm a diagnosis dilemma

2016; Medknow; Volume: 19; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4103/0971-9784.173042

0974-5181

Samarjit Bisoyi, AnjanK Dash, Debashish Nayak, Satyajit Sahoo, Raghunath Mohapatra,

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

Free wall rupture of the left ventricle (LV) is a rare but life-threatening complication of acute myocardial infaction. Very rarely such rupture may be contained by the adhering pericardium creating a pseudoaneurysm. This condition warrants for an emergency surgery. Left ventricular aneurysm is the discrete thinning of the ventricular wall (<5 mm) with akinetic or dyskinetic wall motion causing an out-pouching of the ventricle. Given the propensity for pseudoaneurysms to rupture leading to cardiac tamponade, shock, and death, compared with a more benign natural history for true aneurysms, accurate diagnosis of these conditions is important. True aneurysm, usually, calls for an elective surgery. Clinically differentiating the two conditions remains a challenge. We report the case of a patient with LV pseudoaneurysm, initially diagnosed as true aneurysm at our institution. We have attempted to review the existing literature and discussed the characteristic findings of each entity.