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17045669

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
A 71-year-old man visited our hospital complaining of increasing fatigue and exertional dyspnea. He had had severe epigastric pain for the past 5 months. On admission, chest radiogram showed marked cardiac dilatation and echocardiogram massive pericardial effusion with a small subepicardial aneurysm at the posterior wall of the left ventricle. An urgent pericardiocentesis removed 1300 ml of bloody effusion. The red blood cell count of the pericardial effusion was similar to that of the peripheral blood, and there were no abnormal findings on cytologic and bacteriological examinations. Coronary angiography showed a blunt occlusion of the mid-portion of the circumflex artery. Left ventricular angiogram revealed aneurysmal deformity of the left ventricular posterior wall. These findings suggested that an oozing type of left ventricular rupture via a subepicardial aneurysm had occurred after the onset of myocardial infarction (MI), resulting in massive accumulation of pericardial effusion. The patient is presently doing well without any clinical symptoms 18 months after pericardiocentesis. This is the first case report in which a subepicardial aneurysm with massive pericardial effusion was detected in the chronic stage of MI and successfully managed without surgical repair.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1874-1754
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
e20-1
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-2-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Oozing type of left ventricular rupture via subepicardial aneurysm diagnosed 5 months after myocardial infarction.
pubmed:publicationType
Letter, Case Reports