Surgical treatment of a giant left ventricular aneurysm- A case report

An aneurysm of the left ventricle is a complication of acute myocardial infarction. We report a case of a giant aneurysm of the left ventricle after myocardial infarction in a 59 year-old male patient. The surgery to correct the aneurysm was performed with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass under nor...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Alves Schaitza, José Rocha Faria Neto, Julio Cesar Francisco, Cristiana Pellegrino Baena, Helcio Giffhorn, Bruna Olandoski, Leanderson Franco de Meira, Luiz César Guarita-Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2014-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382014000400028&lng=en&tlng=en