Two Cases of Aneurysm of Left Ventricle

Rupture of the Left Ventricle— Report of Two Cases

[False aneurysm of the left ventricle].

Post-traumatic aneurysm of the left ventricle.

Three cases of left ventricular aneurysm secondary to external violence are reported. Each patient presented with a pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle, following penetrating trauma in two instances and blunt trauma in the third instance. The interval between injury and diagnosis ranged from 5 months to 24 years. Two patients underwent successful resection of the aneurysm. Repair was not attem...

Traumatic Aneurysm of the Left Ventricle.

Although aneurysm of the heart is still thought to be a somewhat rare and unusual pathological condition, recent work shows that it occurs not infrequently after coronary occlusion and infarction. Parkinson, Bedford, and Thompson (1938) estimate that it occurs in 9 per cent. of cases of cardiac infarction examined at necropsy. In the absence of coronary disease, aneurysm of the heart appears to...

Left ventricular aneurysm of unusual aetiology: report of two cases.

Two young patients aged 14 and 25 with left ventricular aneurysms are described. In both, a clinical picture initiated by attacks of supraventricular tachycardia led to the discovery of the condition. In the first patient the clinical picture clearly suggested a traumatic aetiology. In the second, the angiographic and histological findings strongly favoured a congenital origin. Both patients un...