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A case of left ventricular aneurysm caused by localized myocardial infarction

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A 73-year-old man was hospitalized for unstable angina pectoris with no history of myocardial infarction. After undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, left ventriculography incidentally revealed a cavity in the anterior wall, and echocardiography found the cavity wall to be dyskinetic. Myocardial contrast echocardiography revealed that the wall of the cavity was surrounded by myocardial tissue with low perfusion. Furthermore, radial strain in the wall of the cavity was low. Myocardial scintigraphy showed a localized defect on the anterior wall. The patient was finally diagnosed as true aneurysm after asymptomatic and localized myocardial infarction, and has since been followed up by echocardiography in the outpatient clinic.

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  1. Division of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Health Co-op. Watari Hospital, 34 Nakaecho, Watari, Fukushima, 960-8141, Japan

    Tomoyuki Watanabe

  2. Intensive Care Unit, Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Fukushima, Japan

    Masumi Iwai-Takano

  3. Division of Clinical Laboratory, Health Co-op. Watari Hospital, Fukushima, Japan

    Yuriko Ohto, Haruna Abe, Hiromi Saitoh, Michio Ujiie, Yoko Nozaki & Shigeko Noda

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Watanabe, T., Iwai-Takano, M., Ohto, Y. et al. A case of left ventricular aneurysm caused by localized myocardial infarction. J Echocardiogr 11, 106–108 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-013-0180-2

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