Angiographic diagnosis of true and false LV aneurysms after inferior wall myocardial infarction.
False aneurysms of the left ventricle are rare complications of myocardial infarction. In this unusual case, a 57-year-old male patient had a false aneurysm, that took origin from a true aneurysm in the inferior wall, both discovered 7 years postinfarct. The aneurysms were demonstrable by ventriculography and were resected because of ventricular tachycardia.
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Department of Medicine, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Canada.
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Green
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Beanlands
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D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology