Two Cases of Dilated Cardiomyopathy Complicated by Left Ventricular Aneurysm

CHEST Journal ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 377-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junichi Sadoshima ◽  
Yuji Taira ◽  
Hiroaki Shimokawa ◽  
Samon Koyanagi ◽  
Akira Takeshita ◽  
...  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakan Altay ◽  
Cihan Altin ◽  
Ali Çoner ◽  
Haldun Muderrisoglu

Left ventricular aneurysm (LVA) is one of the most important complications of myocardial infarction LVA is strictly defined as a distinct area of abnormal left ventricular diastolic contour with systolic dyskinesia or paradoxical bulging. LVA usually results from myocardial infarction. Other rare aetiologies of LVA include hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Chagas' disease, sarcoidosis, congenital LVA, and idiopathic However, LVA formation in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy is rarely reported, and the incidence, clinical features, and pathogenesis of LVA formation in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy is not well understood. Here, we present a 45 years old, idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy patient with LVA and normal coronary arteries The pathogenesis of LVA formation in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy is not clear. One acceptable hypothesis is that coronary artery emboli originate from mural thrombi, present in some patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, which develop due to local wall infarction and fibrosis. The local myocardial perfusion differences could be seen in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and predominantly found in the anteroposterior axis of the left ventricle. Local fibrosis occurs more frequently on the anterior wall or posterior wall, and less frequently on the lateral or septal wall. In our patient, LVA existed in the septal segments.We could not define the exact mechanism of the septal aneurysm in our patient but we decided to present this abnormal case, which is different from cases thus far reported in the literature.


1990 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoji HIRAKAWA ◽  
Samon KOYANAGI ◽  
Takahiro MATSUMOTO ◽  
Ryoichi ITAYA ◽  
Akira TAKESHITA ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-517
Author(s):  
Ramiro Lizano-Santamaria ◽  
Mitchell Cohen ◽  
Melany Atkins ◽  
Lucas Collazo

Left ventricular aneurysms are extremely rare in children. A child developed an aneurysm a year after recovering from idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. The initial management was conservative. After several years and due to aneurysm enlargement and other complications, the patient underwent successful aneurysm surgical repair with left ventricular aneurysmorrhaphy. We describe our experience treating this child during the course of this disease.


2009 ◽  
Vol 56 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Duvan ◽  
S Ates ◽  
M Kurtoglu ◽  
B Bakkaloglu ◽  
S Besbas ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodor TIRILOMIS ◽  
Federico L. SALDAÑA ◽  
Harald DALICHAU

2014 ◽  
Vol 370 (3) ◽  
pp. e5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay Ayers Lucas ◽  
Chris Somerville

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Odete R. Mingas ◽  
Ondina Fortunato ◽  
Sebastiana Gamboa

Abstract We present a rare and challenging case of left ventricular aneurysm in an African child with no history of previous infection or trauma, admitted for surgical treatment, who presented non reversible cardiorespiratory arrest with cardiorespiratory resuscitation before surgery.


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