Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm (LVPSA) is a rare complication after myocardial infarction (MI) with a significant risk of rupture if untreated. Given the elevated surgical risk in this context, alternative treatments are emerging. This case describes a percutaneous closure of an LVPSA after extensive MI with delayed revascularization.
Post-infarction Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Treated with Percutaneous Transcatheter Occlusion: A Case Report
FaeIG, SoaresCK, WangR, OliveiraGB, NunesMCP, SilvaGC, RauschRCM, et al. Post-infarction Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Treated with Percutaneous Transcatheter Occlusion: A Case Report. Arq Bras Cardiol: Imagem cardiovasc. 2024;37(2):e20240024.
Fae,Isabela Galizzi; Soares,Carolina Kuchenbecker; Wang,Ricardo; Oliveira,Gustavo Brandão de; Nunes,Maria Carmo Pereira; Silva,Glaucia Cristina da; Rausch,Rochelle Coppo Militão; Castro,Luiz Ricardo de Ataide; Leite,Anderson Ferreira. Post-infarction Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Treated with Percutaneous Transcatheter Occlusion: A Case Report. Arq Bras Cardiol: Imagem cardiovasc., v. 37, n. 2, e20240024, Apr. 2024.
Fae,I.G., Soares,C.K., Wang,R., Oliveira,G.B. , Nunes,M.C.P., Silva,G.C. , Rausch,R.C.M., Castro,L.R.A., & Leite,A.F. (2024). Post-infarction Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Treated with Percutaneous Transcatheter Occlusion: A Case Report. Arq Bras Cardiol: Imagem cardiovasc.,37(2), e20240024.
Fae,Isabela Galizzi and Soares,Carolina Kuchenbecker and Wang,Ricardo and Oliveira,Gustavo Brandão de and Nunes,Maria Carmo Pereira and Silva,Glaucia Cristina da and Rausch,Rochelle Coppo Militão and Castro,Luiz Ricardo de Ataide and Leite,Anderson Ferreira. Post-infarction Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Treated with Percutaneous Transcatheter Occlusion: A Case Report. Arq Bras Cardiol: Imagem cardiovasc. [online]. 2024, vol. 37, n. 2, [cited 2026-03-06], e20240024. Available from: <https://www.abcimaging.org/article/post-infarction-left-ventricular-pseudoaneurysm-treated-with-percutaneous-transcatheter-occlusion-a-case-report/>. ISSN .
