A Rare Case of a Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm With Lateral Wall Rupture

Abdullah Al Lawati; Wijdan Al-Hadhrami; Fatma Al Hosni; Meetham Al Lawati; Emad Elseragy; Srinivasa Sirasanagandla; Adil Al Lawati; Mustafa Al-Attraqchi; Rashid Saif Al Umairi

doi:10.7759/cureus.22909

A Rare Case of a Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm With Lateral Wall Rupture

Cureus. 2022 Mar 7;14(3):e22909. doi: 10.7759/cureus.22909. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Authors

Abdullah Al Lawati¹, Wijdan Al-Hadhrami¹, Fatma Al Hosni¹, Meetham Al Lawati¹, Emad Elseragy², Srinivasa Sirasanagandla³, Adil Al Lawati², Mustafa Al-Attraqchi¹, Rashid Saif Al Umairi⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, OMN.
² Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, OMN.
³ Department of Human and Clinical Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, OMN.
⁴ Radiology, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, OMN.

Abstract

In this report, we present a case of a 51-year-old male patient with a left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysm and a ruptured lateral wall due to a previous myocardial infarction. This patient was referred to the Coronary Care Unit with a past history of acute coronary syndrome of two months. He presented with palpitations and acute pulmonary edema upon admission. Color Doppler detected a ruptured lateral ventricular wall, and an echocardiogram confirmed the presence of a lateral ventricular wall pseudoaneurysm. Emergency LV aneurysmal rupture repair surgery was performed on this patient, and the postoperative findings were stable till discharge.

Keywords: echocardiogram; lateral wall rupture; left ventricular pseudoaneurysm; myocardial infarction complication; pericardial effusion; surgical emergency scenarios.

Publication types

Case Reports