title: Detection of a false left ventricular aneurysm by first-pass radionuclide ventriculography.
abstract: A false left ventricular aneurysm complicating an inferior myocardial infarction was successfully identified by computerized first-pass radionuclide ventriculography using a multicrystal gamma camera. The aneurysmal chamber exhibited paradoxical systolic expansion, a pattern of contraction confirmed by contrast cineangiography. Because of the propensity of false aneurysms to rupture, early noninvasive firm diagnosis is desirable and may be accomplished by first-pass radionuclide angiography.
mesh_terms: D002932:Cineangiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D013667:Technetium