Childhood traumatic infarction causing left ventricular aneurysm: diagnosis by two-dimensional echocardiography.
After being struck by an automobile, a 9 year old boy developed transient right bundle branch block followed by electrocardiographic changes of inferior wall myocardial infarction and an increase of serum cardiac enzymes. Two-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated a prominent septal aneurysm. Subsequent cardiac catheterization confirmed septal aneurysm and demonstrated an additional inferior aneurysm. Six weeks after the accident, resection of the inferior aneurysm was performed. At 1 year follow-up study, residual septal aneurysm and cardiomegaly are present, but the boy is asymptomatic.
D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*
D007527:Isoenzymes; D003402:Creatine Kinase