Right ventricular aneurysm complicating right ventricular infarction.
Right ventricular (RV) involvement commonly occurs in patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction and is associated with high mortality and morbidity. RV dysfunction and dilatation commonly recover in survivors; chronic RV dyskinesia and failure are rare complications. This case report presents a patient in whom an isolated RV aneurysm complicates a RV involvement of acute inferior-posterior myocardial infarction.
Akdemir
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Trakya University, School of Medicine, Cardiology Department, Edirne, Turkey. oakdemir@superonline.com
Gül
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Ozbay
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D000368:Aged; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology