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Aneurysm of heart
Classification and external resources
Heart left ventricular aneurysm short axis view
ICD-10	I 25.3
ICD-9	414.1
MeSH	D006322

An aneurysm of heart is a condition that can occur after a myocardial infarction due to the inadequate resistance of the new scar tissue to the systolic pressure.

It should not be confused with a coronary artery aneurysm, which is an aneurysm of the vessels supplying the heart, not the heart itself.

It should also not be confused with a pseudoaneurysm^[1]^[2] or a myocardial rupture (which involves a hole in the wall, not just a bulge.)

[edit] References

^ Zoffoli G, Mangino D, Venturini A, et al (February 2009). "Diagnosing left ventricular aneurysm from pseudo-aneurysm: a case report and a review in literature". J Cardiothorac Surg 4 (1): 11. doi:10.1186/1749-8090-4-11. PMID 19239694. PMC 2654444. http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/4/1/11.
^ Brown SL, Gropler RJ, Harris KM (May 1997). "Distinguishing left ventricular aneurysm from pseudoaneurysm. A review of the literature". Chest 111 (5): 1403–9. PMID 9149600. http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=9149600.

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Cardiovascular disease: heart disease · Circulatory system pathology (I00-I52, 390-429)

Ischaemic

CD/CHD	CAD · Coronary thrombosis · Coronary vasospasm · Coronary artery aneurysm · Coronary artery dissection · Myocardial Bridge

Active ischemia	Angina pectoris (Prinzmetal's angina, Stable angina) · Acute coronary (Unstable angina, Myocardial infarction / heart attack)

Sequelae	hours (Myocardial stunning, Hibernating myocardium) · days (Myocardial rupture) · weeks (Aneurysm of heart/Ventricular aneurysm, Dressler's syndrome)

Layers

Pericardium

Pericarditis (Acute, Chronic/Constrictive) · Pericardial effusion (Hemopericardium, Cardiac tamponade)

Myocardium

Myocarditis (Chagas disease)

Cardiomyopathy: Dilated (Alcoholic) · Hypertrophic · Restrictive (Loeffler endocarditis, Cardiac amyloidosis, Endocardial fibroelastosis)

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia

Endocardium/
valves

Endocarditis	Infective endocarditis (Subacute bacterial endocarditis) · noninfective endocarditis (Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis, Libman-Sacks endocarditis)

Valves	mitral (regurgitation, prolapse, stenosis) · aortic (stenosis, insufficiency) · tricuspid (stenosis, insufficiency) · pulmonary (stenosis, insufficiency)

Conduction/
arrhythmia

Bradycardia

Sinus bradycardia · Sick sinus syndrome

Heart block: Sinoatrial · AV (1°, 2°, 3°) · Intraventricular (Bundle branch/Right/Left, Left anterior fascicular/Left posterior fascicular, Bifascicular/Trifascicular) · Adams-Stokes syndrome

Tachycardia
(paroxysmal and sinus)

Supraventricular	Atrial (Multifocal) · Junctional (AV nodal reentrant, Junctional ectopic)

Ventricular	Torsades de pointes · Catecholaminergic polymorphic · Accelerated idioventricular rhythm