Traumatic aneurysm and pseudoaneurysm of the right ventricle: A diagnosis by echocardiography

Percutaneous Closure of a Traumatic Right Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: A Novel Interventional Approach

“…Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is an uncommon entity, but RV pseudoaneurysm is an even more uncommon entity. A literature review demonstrates multiple causes of RV pseudoaneurysm, including infection, remote history of myocardial infarction, after cardiac surgery, as a complication of endomyocardial biopsy, penetrating chest wall trauma, lipoma, and following lead device extraction 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8…”

An Incidentally Detected Right Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm

“…It is possible that there may exist a stabilizing effect of previous pericardial adhesions (to contain progression of growth) in this particular cohort where acute rupture is avoided [15]. In the specific instance of right ventricular involvement following motor vehicle collision, it has as well been hypothesized that there is decreased frequency of persistent right heart failure due to decreased right-sided wall strain affording a protective factor towards morbidity and mortality [14]. As a result, the benefits of aggressive surgical intervention for asymptomatic right ventricular pseudoaneurysm remain a topic of debate.…”

“…Following a literature review, published case reports of these right ventricular anomalies have been demonstrated to develop from lipoma [5], postcardiac surgery [6][7][8][9], following device lead extraction [10], in the infectious setting [11,12], after remote myocardial infarction [2], as a complication of endomyocardial biopsy [3], and subsequent to penetrating chest wall trauma [13][14][15].…”

Story of a Little Right Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm

“…Right ventricle perforation frequently caused by central venous catheters [1], pacemaker implantation [2], endomyocardial biopsy after cardiac transplantation [3,4], pulmonary artery catheterization [5,6,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17], cardiac trauma [7], congenital heart surgery [8], RV myocardial infarction [9].…”

“…Pseudoaneurysms of right ventricle (RV) are extremely rare complications of central venous catheters [1], pacemaker implantation [2], endomyocardial biopsy after cardiac transplantation [3,4], pulmonary artery catheterization [5,6], cardiac trauma [7], congenital heart surgery [8], RV myocardial infarction [9]. This letter aims to describe cardiac imaging (echocardiography, cardiac catheterization) characteristics and lifespan of a small RV pseudoaneurysm which is a very rare finding after application of a Swann-Ganz catheter during cardiac surgery.…”