CONGENITAL ANEURYSM OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE: A CASE REPORT
Authors: C A BERTRAND, R N COOLEY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Case Reports1 August 1955CONGENITAL ANEURYSM OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE: A CASE REPORTCHARLES A. BERTRAND, M.D., ROBERT N. COOLEY, M.D.CHARLES A. BERTRAND, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT N. COOLEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-2-426 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe causes of an abnormal protuberance, or bulging, of the left ventricular contour, as seen on the conventional chest film, include ventricular aneurysm,1a localized syphilitic involvement of the myocardium,2, 3or a tumor of the heart or pericardium.4Other less likely causes are: an abscess or localized ulcerative lesion of bacterial endocarditis, loculated pericardial effusion, tuberculoma, and rheumatic involvement of the myocardium. Of these possible causes, ventricular aneurysm secondary to myocardial infarction is by far the most common, since approximately 8 to 10% of infarctions result in aneurysm formation.1It is probable that a careful search of the cardiac...Bibliography1. BermanMcGuire BJ: Cardiac aneurysm, Am. J. Med. 8: 480, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Sosman MC: The x-ray in curable heart disease, Radiology 41: 351, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Fulton MN: Aneurysm of the ventricle of the heart, J. A. M. A. 116: 115, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. ScottMoore WGS: Roentgenkymographic studies of aneurysm and mediastinal tumors, Am. J. Roentgenol. 40: 165, 1938. Google Scholar5. Baillie M: The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body, 1793, J. Johnson, London. Google Scholar6. Legg JW: The Bradshaw Lecture, M. Times and Gaz. 2: 199, 1883. Google Scholar7. Hall DG: Cardiac aneurysms, Edinburgh M. J., New Series 14: 322, 1903. Google Scholar8. SemansTaussig JHHB: Congenital "aneurysmal" dilatation of the left auricle, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 63: 404, 1938. Google Scholar9. Massig E: Congenital aneurysm of the interventricular septum, J. Tech. Methods 13: 95, 1934. Google Scholar10. RogersEvansDomeier HMICLH: Congenital aneurysm of the membranous portion of the ventricular septum—report of 2 cases, Am. Heart J. 43: 781, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. RigdonVandergriff RHH: Aneurysms of the coronary arteries—review of literature and report of one case, Am. J. Surg. 61: 704, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. MarfieIngram JWA: Three cases of cardiac aneurysm in native boys of the Gold Coast, Ann. Trop. Med. 14: 147, 1920-21. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. Grant RT: An unusual anomaly of the coronary vessels in the malformed heart of a child, Heart 13: 273, 1926. Google Scholar14. BurnHollanderCrawford CHAGJH: Rare cardiac aneurysm in a child, Am. Heart J. 26: 415, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. LovittLutz WVS: Embryological aneurysm of the myocardial vessels, Arch. Path. 57: 163, 1954. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Maryland*Received for publication July 24, 1954.From the Departments of Medicine and Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.†Formerly Public Health Service Research Fellow of the National Heart Institute.Present address: White Plains, N. Y.‡Present address: John Sealy Hospital, Galveston, Texas. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySuccessful surgical repair of subaortic annular aneurysm, discrete membranous subaortic stenosis, and valvular aortic stenosis and incompetenceLeft ventricular aneurysm of unusual aetiology: report of two cases.Rupture of chronic left ventricular aneurysm after acute coronary thrombosisCongenital Aneurysm of The Left VentricleLeft ventricular pseudoaneurysm secondary to cardiac stab woundVentricular aneurysm Report of a case occurring in a 16-year-old boy with granulomatous myocarditis 1 August 1955Volume 43, Issue 2Page: 426-434KeywordsAneurysmsHeartHospital medicineInfarctionLeft ventricleLesionsMyocardial infarctionMyocardiumPyelonephritisThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1955 PDF downloadLoading ...