Left Ventricular Aneurysm and Infarct Expansion

摘要: A ventricular aneurysm was described by the English surgeon John Hunter [1] as early 1757. The association with coronary artery disease, however, not made until 20th century. major cause in modern society is acute myocardial infarction [2]. Other, but far less frequent, causes are bacterial endocarditis, cardiac trauma, sarcoidosis, syphilitic gumma, and congenital anomaly [3, 4]. incidence of formation survivors a transmural has been reported to vary between 10% 38% [5, 6]. This wide range can partly be explained number definitions employed [7].