Left ventricular peudoaneurysm in a patient with Dressler's syndrome after myocardial infarction

摘要

Successful recanalisation of the left ante- rior descending coronary artery was per- formed in a 51 year old man who was admitted two weeks after acute anterior myocardial infarction. Fourteen days later, the patient developed Dressler's syndrome with cardiac tamponade, which was immediately punctured. Sternotomy was performed after two weeks because of progressive haemodynamic determioration, and fibrinous masses were removed from the pericardium.