Art Research Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Large submitral left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following inferior wall ST-elevation myocardial infarction successfully managed with isolated Dor endoventricular circular patch plasty: a case report

Abstract Background Left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysm is an uncommon but potentially fatal mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) resulting from a contained ventricular free-wall rupture. Unlike a true aneurysm, a pseudoaneurysm lacks a myocardial wall an...