[Natural "resection" of post-infarction left ventricular aneurysm - a case report]

Kardiol Pol. 2003 Mar;58(3):217-20; discussion 220.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

We present a case of 38-year-old patient with a large left ventricular aneurysm, which was filled by the thrombus, separated from the rest of the left ventricle by a hyperdensive area. After careful invasive and non-invasive assessment, the patient was selected for conservative treatment. Patients after myocardial infarction, especially with low ejection fraction and young age, should undergo a complete noninvasive diagnostic procedures and a cardiac catheterization in order to establish indications for surgical treatment. The described case is an example of the difficulty in final selection of the patient to a surgical treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods
  • Coronary Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Coronary Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Coronary Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Heart Ventricles* / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Ultrasonography