Apical aneurysm of Chagas's heart disease.

Apical aneurysm of Chagas's heart disease.

A retrospective study of Chagas's heart disease was carried out by a review of necropsy reports with special reference to the lesion known as the apical aneurysm. It was concluded that this lesion was more frequent in men, was unrelated to age, and was unrelated to heart weight. Patients dying of the cardiac consequences of Chagas's cardiomyopathy were more likely to have an apical aneurysm tha...

Characterization of the apical aneurysm of chronic Chagas' heart disease by scintigraphic image co-registration.

Thirteen patients (mean aged 48 ± 3 years, nine male) with chronic Chagas’ heart disease, defined as positive serology and epidemiological history, were investigated in a clinical trial designed to analyze the correlation between cardiac sympathetic denervation and myocardial perfusion changes8. They had normal global systolic ventricular function (LV ejection fraction was 55 ± 2%) and no ventr...

Heart Disease and Thoracic Aneurysm

[Congenital apical left ventricular aneurysm].

Congenital ventricular aneurysm is an infrequently occurring disease entity that usually affects the left ventricle. Its etiopathology is unknown. Clinical presentation is variable, and the condition is potentially lethal in some cases. Various imaging techniques are useful in diagnosis and enable the condition to be differentiated from congenital left diverticulum. We present a patient with a ...

Eosinophilic myocarditis with left ventricular apical aneurysm.

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