pseudoaneurysm
Sign in to saveA pseudoaneurysm, also known as a false aneurysm, is a locally contained hematoma outside an artery or the heart due to damage to the vessel wall. The injury passes through all three layers of the arterial wall, causing a leak, which is contained by a new, weak "wall" formed by the products of the clotting cascade. A pseudoaneurysm (PSA) does not contain any layer of the vessel wall.
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- Medical condition (new).name
- Pseudoaneurysm
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- False aneurysm
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- Pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle, four-chamber echocardiography view
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- Cardiology
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- Instance of
- vascular disease
- Subclass of
- vascular disease
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- Heart pseudoaneurysm a4c.jpg
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- P1995
- vascular surgery
- P828
- genetic disease
- P1889
- aneurysm
- P780
- swelling
- P2176
- embolization
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Locations
- Treatment
- Covered stent
- Ultrasound probe compression
- Ultrasound-guided thrombin injection
- Surgical ligation (with or without distal bypass)
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- References
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A pseudoaneurysm, also known as a false aneurysm, is a locally contained hematoma outside an artery or the heart due to damage to the vessel wall. The injury passes through all three layers of the arterial wall, causing a leak, which is contained by a new, weak "wall" formed by the products of the clotting cascade. A pseudoaneurysm (PSA) does not contain any layer of the vessel wall.
This differentiates it from a true aneurysm, which is contained by all three layers of the vessel wall, and a dissecting aneurysm, which has a breach in the innermost layer of an artery and subsequent dissection/separation of the tunica intima from the tunica media.