Disappearing false aneurysm of the ventricular septum without rupture: a complication of acute inferior myocardial infarction--a case report.
An interseptal false aneurysm of the left ventricle due to the dissection of the septum in a patient with acute inferior myocardial infarction is described. The aneurysm was demonstrated as a cystic bulge of the left ventricular cavity into the inferoposterior interventricular septum with a small orifice from the left ventricle without any protrusion or rupture into the right ventricular cavity. Two-dimensional echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and dynamic computed tomography were the most useful and reliable noninvasive diagnostic modalities. Repeated examinations demonstrated a significant reduction of the aneurysm in six months.
Kanemoto
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Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.
Hirose
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Goto
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Matsuyama
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D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed