Postinfarction Left Ventricular Inferior Wall Aneurysm With Contained Rupture and Tamponade Physiology
In this case, echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography accurately diagnosed a ruptured left ventricular aneurysm. A 75-year-old male presented with acute chest pain 3 weeks after inferior wall myocardial infarction. Imaging revealed a ruptured aneurysm along the inferior left ventricular wall and an associated large-volume pericardial hematoma causing tamponade. Emergent aneurysmectomy and left ventricular wall patching were successfully performed, allowing discharge on hospital day 24.
Authors
- Alvaro A. Ordoñez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8571-0655)
- Varun Bhasin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3009-2973)
- Rohan Savoor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5752-2270)
- Tessa S. Cook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6007-7267)
- David F. Painter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4987-0448)
- Kendall M. Lawrence (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2698-5720)
- Ray Hu
Institutions
- Brown University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JACC Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2025.103877
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01