Moharana Manoj K, Agarwal Saket, Minhas Harpreet S, Pratap Himanshu, Satsangi Deepak K
Department of Cardio Vascular & Thoracic Surgery, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.
J Card Surg. 2010 May;25(3):284-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.00995.x. Epub 2010 Feb 18.
Occurrence of left ventricular aneurysm outside the realm of ischemic heart disease is uncommon and one following an iatrogenic trauma is very rare. We describe one such case of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm developing following pericardiocentesis and presenting one year after the procedure, and its successful surgical management.