European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 10, 68-70, Copyright © 1996 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Left ventricular false aneurysm after previous repair of acquired ventricular septal defect
PD Ridley, P Tew, NC Patel and CF Hughes
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
We report a novel case of a 69-year-old woman who was treated surgically
for a postinfarction inferior ventricular septal defect and presented 3
years postoperatively with a large left ventricular false aneurysm. This
was successfully repaired.