Ventricular septal aneurysm: a complication of myocardial infarction

Echocardiography. 2000 Jul;17(5):439-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01160.x.

Abstract

We report the case of a ventricular septal aneurysm in a patient with a previous inferior myocardial infarction. Two-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated a cystic cavity in the muscular septum with a small communication into the left ventricle. No evidence of left-to-right shunt was detected with Doppler echocardiography or during left ventriculography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aneurysm / etiology
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Ventricular Septal Rupture / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ventricular Septal Rupture / etiology