PMC5791494_01
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging short-axis view showing a thin-walled inferolateral left ventricular aneurysm with paradoxical bulging during systole
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Magnetic resonance imaging [Figure 1] detected essentially preserved contractility of the non-aneurysmal myocardium and intact papillary muscles [Video 1].
Right coronary angiogram showing posterolateral artery occlusion (arrow)
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Coronary angiography revealed right dominance with posterolateral artery occlusion [Figure 2] as well as significant proximal/mid-left anterior descending artery (LAD) stenoses distal to a large septal branch.
Intraoperative photograph of the inferolateral left ventricular aneurysm after sternotomy
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Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography visualized the bulging aneurysm [Video 2], which was incised, cleansed from thrombi, and partly resected [Figures 3 and 4].
Intraoperative photograph after incision of the aneurysm
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Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography visualized the bulging aneurysm [Video 2], which was incised, cleansed from thrombi, and partly resected [Figures 3 and 4].