Disappearing false aneurysm of the ventricular septum without rupture: a complication of acute inferior myocardial infarction--a case report

Angiology. 1988 Mar;39(3 Pt 1):263-71. doi: 10.1177/000331978803900310.

Abstract

An interseptal false aneurysm of the left ventricle due to the dissection of the septum in a patient with acute inferior myocardial infarction is described. The aneurysm was demonstrated as a cystic bulge of the left ventricular cavity into the inferoposterior interventricular septum with a small orifice from the left ventricle without any protrusion or rupture into the right ventricular cavity. Two-dimensional echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and dynamic computed tomography were the most useful and reliable noninvasive diagnostic modalities. Repeated examinations demonstrated a significant reduction of the aneurysm in six months.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathies / etiology
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis*
  • Heart Aneurysm / etiology
  • Heart Rupture / diagnosis*
  • Heart Rupture / etiology
  • Heart Septum* / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed