Chest ACCP Career Connection
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Guest Access | Sign In via User Name/Password
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF) Free
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Article Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Fallah-nejad, M.
Right arrow Articles by Blakemore, W. S.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Fallah-nejad, M.
Right arrow Articles by Blakemore, W. S.
(Chest. 1972;61:90-92.)
© 1972 American College of Chest Physicians

Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm

A Rare Complication of Open-Heart Surgery with Unusual Doppler Manifestations

Manoucher Fallah-nejad M.D.1; Denis M. Abelson M.D.1; and William S. Blakemore M.D., F.C.C.P.1

1 Departments of Surgery and Medicine, Graduate Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

A patient with postoperative ventricular pseudoaneurysm is reported. The rarity of this complication is discussed. The unusual flow signal in the velocity Doppler cardiogram and its unique significance are emphasized. The surgical management of the aneurysm and the postoperative disappearance of the Doppler finding are presented.






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1972 by the American College of Chest Physicians.