CARDIAC ANEURYSM: REPORT OF A CASE WITH CORRELATION OF CLINICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS
Authors: Driver Rowland
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Case Reports1 August 1943CARDIAC ANEURYSM: REPORT OF A CASE WITH CORRELATION OF CLINICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGSDRIVER ROWLAND, M.D.DRIVER ROWLAND, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-19-2-349 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptUntil recently cardiac aneurysm, though common at autopsy, has not often been diagnosed clinically.1 Up to 1930 only 10 cases had been diagnosed premortem.2 Today, although the diagnosis is by no means commonplace, it is made more and more frequently.The clinical,1 radiological,3 and electrocardiographic4 features of cardiac aneurysm have been described, but the possibility of diagnosing this condition is not appreciated by most internists and cardiologists.Because of this condition it was thought desirable to report a case diagnosed clinically as a cardiac aneurysm, and attempt to correlate the clinical, radiological, and electrocardiographic features of value.CASE REPORTThe...Bibliography1. DRESSLER R: Cardiac aneurysm: a report of ten cases, ANN. INT. MED., 1940, xiv, 100. LinkGoogle Scholar2. VILKRABINOVITCH NLMP: Aneurysm of the heart due to syphilis, Russk. Klin., 1930, xiii, 280. Google Scholar3. PARKINSONBEDFORDTHOMPSON JDEWA: Cardiac aneurysm, Quart. Jr. Med., 1938, vii, 455. Google Scholar4. ELIASERKONIGSBERG MJ: Electrocardiographic findings in cases of ventricular aneurysm, Arch. Int. Med., 1939, lxiv, 493. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. BRAMSGROPPER WAA: Cardiac aneurysm—an evaluation of its clinical features, Ill. Med. Jr., 1940, lxxviii, 246. Google Scholar6. FULTON MN: Aneurysm of the ventricle of the heart, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1941, cxvi, 115. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. SHOOKOFFDOUGLAS CAH: A case of acute coronary occlusion with roentgenological evidence of the early development of an aneurysm of the left ventricle, Am. Heart Jr., 1931, vii, 95. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. LIBMANSACKS EB: A case illustrating the leukocytosis of progressive myocardial necrosis following coronary artery necrosis, Am. Heart Jr., 1927, ii, 321. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. STRAUCH quoted by PARKINSON ET AL.3: Cardiac aneurysm, Quart. Jr. Med., 1938, vii, 455. Google Scholar10. SIGLERSCHNEID LHRJ: The diagnosis of cardiac aneurysm—report of two cases, ANN. INT. MED., 1935, viii, 1033. Google Scholar11. EAST T: Two cases of aneurysm of left ventricle, Proc. Royal Soc. Med., 1932, xxvi, 518. Google Scholar12. MALLORY T: Cabot Case Conference, Case No. 26312, New England Med. Jr., 1940, ccxxiii, 189. Google Scholar13. NORDENFELT A: The electrocardiogram in chronic aneurysm of the heart, Acta med. Scandin., 1939, cii, 101. Google Scholar14. NATHANSON MH: Electrocardiogram in coronary disease, Am. Heart Jr., 1930, v, 257. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. COMEAUWHITE WJPD: The clinical significance of right axis deviation in the electrocardiogram, Am. Heart Jr., 1939, xviii, 334. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. BOHNINGKATZ ALN: Four lead electrocardiogram in cases of recent coronary occlusion, Arch. Int. Med., 1938, lxi, 241. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. MCMILLANBELLET TMS: Chapter on Electrocardiography, Stroud, Cardiovascular disease, Vol. 1, 1941, F. A. Davis Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar18. KLAINER MJ: The prognostic significance of right axis deviation in arterioscleroticand hypertensive heart disease, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1940, cxcix, 795. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Hot Springs, Arkansas*Received for publication June 25, 1941.Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, toward the requirements for the degree of Master of Medical Science (M.Sc. (Med.)) for graduate work in internal medicine. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTHE CARDIOGRAM IN VENTRICULAR ANEURYSM FOLLOWING CARDIAC INFARCTIONTHE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CLUE TO VENTRICULAR ANEURYSM*RALPH V. FORD, M.D., HAROLD D. LEVINE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Cardiac aneurysm: Clinical and electrocardiographic analysisCardiac AneurysmThe electrocardiogram in ventricular aneurysmCardiac aneurysm with spontaneous ruptureThe syndrome of Bernheim 1 August 1943Volume 19, Issue 2Page: 349-356KeywordsAneurysmsAutopsyElectrocardiographyGraduate medical education ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...