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Figure 1. Left Ventricular Aneurysm.
The images show the results of contrast left ventriculography in a 72-year-old woman who presented with progressive cardiac failure after myocardial infarction. Panel A is a right anterior oblique view showing the left ventricle during systole. The contrast medium was injected through an angiographic catheter (arrow) passed into the left ventricle in a retrograde fashion from the aorta (AO). A large ventricular aneurysm (AN) is located at the apex of the left ventricle. The stasis of blood in the aneurysm is revealed by the contrast density, which is greater in the aneurysm than in the . . . [Full Text of this Article] |