Diseases

False Aneurysm

Not an aneurysm but a well-defined collection of blood and CONNECTIVE TISSUE outside the wall of a blood vessel or the heart. It is the containment of a ruptured blood vessel or heart, such as sealing a rupture of the left ventricle. False aneurysm is formed by organized THROMBUS and HEMATOMA in surrounding tissue.

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Abstract

Not an aneurysm but a well-defined collection of blood and CONNECTIVE TISSUE outside the wall of a blood vessel or the heart. It is the containment of a ruptured blood vessel or heart, such as sealing a rupture of the left ventricle. False aneurysm is formed by organized THROMBUS and HEMATOMA in surrounding tissue.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Aneurysm, False
  • Pseudoaneurysm
  • Aneurysms, False
  • False Aneurysms
  • Pseudoaneurysms

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with specific vessel or precoordinated vascular disease if available

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93

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Previous Indexing

  • Aneurysm (1966-1992)

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WG 580

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. False Aneurysm. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017541. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017541
  2. False Aneurysm. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoaneurysm
  3. False Aneurysm. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3137609