Ventricular aneurysm

Aneurysm of heart
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]

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

[What_is_an_Aneurysm-1] "What is an Aneurysm?". www.heart.org. Retrieved 14 March 2017.

[FroelicherMyers2006-2] 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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