A Boolean Dilemma

Robert J. Holtackers, MSc; Rachel M.A. ter Bekke, MD, PhD; Geertruida P. Bijvoet, MD; Suzanne Gommers, MD; Amedeo Chiribiri, MD, PhD; Roberto Lorusso, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Jan 2021)

A Boolean Dilemma

Robert J. Holtackers, MSc,
Rachel M.A. ter Bekke, MD, PhD,
Geertruida P. Bijvoet, MD,
Suzanne Gommers, MD,
Amedeo Chiribiri, MD, PhD,
Roberto Lorusso, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Robert J. Holtackers, MSc: Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands; School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom; Address for correspondence: Mr. Robert J. Holtackers, Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Rachel M.A. ter Bekke, MD, PhD: Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Geertruida P. Bijvoet, MD: Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Suzanne Gommers, MD: Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Amedeo Chiribiri, MD, PhD: School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Cardiology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Roberto Lorusso, MD, PhD: Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 112 – 116

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A feared complication of acute myocardial infarction is the formation of a cardiac pseudoaneurysm. We report a case of a gargantuan, arrhythmogenic left-ventricular pseudoaneurysm with contradictory morphological characteristics. The integrative use of high-resolution 3-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography proved essential for the diagnostic discrimination and successful therapeutic intervention. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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