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Heart 2004;90:e62 doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.042135
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Percutaneous device closure of a pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricular wall

  1. P Clift1,
  2. S Thorne1,
  3. J de Giovanni2
  1. 1Grown Up Congenital Heart Disease Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  2. 2Department of Cardiology, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Jo de Giovanni
    Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK; degiovanniblueyonder.co.uk
  • Accepted 24 May 2004

Abstract

The percutaneous device closure of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is described in a 60 year old man with a history of myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular tachycardia and left ventricular aneurysm treated by coronary artery bypass grafting and aneursymectomy with ventricular tachycardia ablation. He subsequently developed a vast pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle with New York Heart Association functional class II heart failure symptoms. The selection of the approach and type of device used to close the neck of the pseudoaneurysm are discussed.

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