Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 284-285 , July 2010

Giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm

  • Sumi Prakash, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital and Clinics, One Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Nadish Garg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital and Clinics, One Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
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  • Gong-Yuan Xie, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital and Clinics, One Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
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  • Kevin C. Dellsperger, MD, PhD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital and Clinics, One Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
    • Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University Hospital and Clinics, Columbia, MO, USA
    • Center for Health Care Quality, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

Received 4 January 2010 ,Accepted 26 May 2010.

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  2. Yeo TC, Malouf JF, Oh JK, Seward JB. Clinical profile and outcome in 52 patients with cardiac pseudoaneurysm. Ann Intern Med. 1998;128:299–305
  3. Frances C, Romero A, Grady D. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1998;32:557–561

 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(10)00348-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.05.010

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 284-285 , July 2010

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