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6482909

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-11-9
pubmed:abstractText
To assess the clinical and prognostic importance of the early appearance of a functional left ventricular aneurysm after myocardial infarction, we used equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography to study 51 patients with an initial anterior infarction. A functional aneurysm was defined as an area of systolic akinesis or dyskinesis with a distinct diastolic deformity and preserved adjacent wall motion. Functional aneurysms developed in 18 patients (Group 1). Left ventricular ejection fraction was comparable in this group and in the 33 patients without aneurysm (Group 2) (27.3 +/- 10 vs. 31.4 +/- 12 per cent). One-year mortality was markedly different, with 11 deaths (61 per cent) in Group 1 and 3 (9 per cent) in Group 2 (P less than 0.001). Six (55 per cent) of the deaths in Group 1 were sudden. Patients with a functional aneurysm appearing within 48 hours had the highest risk of dying (8 of 10). Thus, early formation of a functional aneurysm occurs frequently after anterior myocardial infarction and carries a high risk of death within one year that is independent of ejection fraction. In addition, the absence of a functional aneurysm identifies a large group with a low one-year mortality despite a markedly impaired ejection fraction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0028-4793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
311
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1001-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Functional left ventricular aneurysm formation after acute anterior transmural myocardial infarction. Incidence, natural history, and prognostic implications.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article