Open AccessImprovement of left ventricular aneurysm after myocardial infarction: Report of three cases
Author(s) -
Iwasaki Khoichirou,
Kita Toshimasa,
Taniguchi Gyou,
Kusachi Shoza
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960140414
Subject(s) - medicine , aneurysm , cardiology , left ventricular aneurysm , myocardial infarction , ventricular aneurysm , heart aneurysm , electrocardiography in myocardial infarction , angioplasty , electrocardiography , stenosis , scintigraphy , infarction , artery , radiology
We report on the disappearance of a left ventricular aneurysm after myocardial infarction in three cases. Coronary blood flow was restored by spontaneous recanalization in two cases and by angioplasty in one case. When the aneurysm was observed, the findings in these cases were (1) no or limited abnormal Q wave in surface electrocardiography, (2) total or subtotal stenosis of the proximal coronary artery without adequate distal filling through collaterals, (3) no ST shift in exercise electrocardiography, and (4) decreased but not absent thallium‐201 uptake in myocardial scintigraphy. In Cases 1 and 2, respectively, 3 years and one year and 8 months after the myocardial infarction, an anginal episode occurred and the ventricular aneurysm disappeared. In Case 3, the aneurysm disappeared after coronary angioplasty. These cases suggest that even without a demonstration of reversible ischemic myocardium and/or severe stenosis without distal tilling through collaterals, the myocardium presenting a ventricular aneurysm would be hibernating. These cases were also informative about the detection of hibernating myocardium.