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Preoperative echocardiography.
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AMI and a perforation in the lateral wall of the left ventricle suggestive of a ventricular pseudoaneurysm (Figure  1). An enhanced cardiac computed tomography (CT) scan showed a lateral posterior mass in the left ventricle with a size of approximately 8.4 x 14.2 x 33.1 cm.
Preoperative cardiac computed tomography. PA, pseudoaneurysm.
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The heart was slightly shifted to the right due to the compression (Figure  2).
The two surgically repaired rupture sites.
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Two transmural holes were revealed in the posterior wall of the left ventricle following removal of the hematocele and mural thrombus, the latter being connected to the left ventricular cavity (Figure  3).