Citation

Min HK, Kang do K, Jun HJ, Hwang YH, Seol SH, Jin K, Song JW, Oh CK. J. Korean Med. Sci. 2012; 27(4): 443-445.

Affiliation

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Korean Academy of Medical Science)

DOI

10.3346/jkms.2012.27.4.443

PMID

22468110

PMCID

PMC3314859

Abstract

A 32-yr-old man developed progressive exertional dyspnea 4 yr after blunt chest trauma due to an automobile accident. Two-dimensional echocardiography and computed-tomographic coronary angiography demonstrated a large pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle and severe tricuspid regurgitation. The patient underwent successful surgical exclusion of the pseudoaneurysm by endoaneurysmal patch closure and repair of the tricuspid valve regurgitation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of these 2 different pathologies presenting late simultaneously after blunt chest trauma and successful surgical repairs in the published literature.

Language: en