Ventricular aneurysm

Aneurysm of heart
Heart left ventricular aneurysm short axis view

Ventricular aneurysms are one of the many complications that may occur after a heart attack. The word aneurysm refers to a bulge or 'pocketing' of the wall or lining of a vessel commonly occurring in the blood vessels at the base of the septum, or within the aorta. In the heart, they usually arise from a patch of weakened tissue in a ventricular wall, which swells into a bubble filled with blood.[1] This, in turn, may block the passageways leading out of the heart, leading to severely constricted blood flow to the body. Ventricular aneurysms can be fatal. They are usually non-rupturing because they are lined by scar tissue.

A left ventricular aneurysm can be associated with ST elevation.[2]

  1. ^ "What is an Aneurysm?". www.heart.org. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  2. ^ Victor F. Froelicher; Jonathan Myers (2006). Exercise and the heart. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-4160-0311-3.
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