Olalla J J, Vazquez de Prada J A, Duran R M, Villarroel M T, Otero Fernandez M
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Nacional Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain.
Chest. 1988 Aug;94(2):443-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.94.2.443.
A patient underwent mitral valve replacement because of mitral insufficiency secondary to bacterial endocarditis. Early postoperatively, routine examination with "color Doppler" correctly identified the presence of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. To our knowledge, this is the first case of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm diagnosed by this new technique.