Huge left-ventricular pseudoaneurysm compressing coronary artery 10 weeks after stabbing attack

This paper was guest edited by Prof. Dr T. Carrel, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, thierry.carrel@insel.ch A 27-year-old male patient was referred 10 weeks following a stab wound to his left chest, for which he underwent an emergency-thoracotomy to repair a left lung-laceration and penetrating left-ventricular injury at the time. After an initial unremarkable recovery, he now re-presented …