False Inferior Pseudoaneurysm: Two-Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiographic Findings

Janis Rosenfeld; R. P. Cochran; Mannil Abraham; L. David Hillis; Anne L. Taylor

doi:10.1016/S0894-7317(88)80010-5

False Inferior Pseudoaneurysm: Two-Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiographic Findings

Janis Rosenfeld, R. P. Cochran, Mannil Abraham, L. David Hillis, Anne L. Taylor

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The noninvasive differentiation of true aneurysm from pseudoaneurysm is sensitively and specifically accomplished with two-dimensional echocardiography. Recent reports suggest that Doppler flow patterns may further enhance the specificity of the diagnosis of pseudoaneurysm. We present a patient with ventriculographic and two-dimensional echocardiographic features of an inferior pseudoaneurysm. Doppler examination, however, failed to show phasic flow characteristic of a small communicating orifice between two larger chambers. At surgery, a large posterolateral true aneurysm was found. Thus the addition of Doppler flow patterns to imaging information may help to distinguish pseudoaneurysms from true aneurysms.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	351-353
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume	1
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0894-7317(88)80010-5
State	Published - 1988
Externally published	Yes

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