Left ventricular aneurysm causes
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [2]
Overview
Overview
Myocardial infarction is the most common cause of left ventricular (LV) aneurysm formation. Less common causes include HCM, trauma, idiopathic and congenital abnormalities.
Causes
Causes
Common Causes
The most common cause of LV aneurysm is myocardial infarction. It accounts for approximately 90% of apical aneurysms.[1] Other less common causes include:[2][3][4][5][6][7]
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
- Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)
- Trauma
- Idiopathic
- Congenital
- Iatrogenic
- Sarcoidosis
- Chagas disease
- Endocarditis
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | Dilated cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Myocardial infarction, Endocarditis |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | Congenital |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | Iatrogenic |
| Infectious Disease | Chagas disease |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | Sarcoidosis |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | Trauma |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | Idiopathic |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
References
References
- ↑ Mann, Douglas (2015). Braunwald’s heart disease : a textbook of cardiovascular medicine. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders. ISBN 978-1455751341.
- ↑ Ichida M, Nishimura Y, Kario K (2014). “Clinical significance of left ventricular apical aneurysms in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients: the role of diagnostic electrocardiography”. J Cardiol. 64 (4): 265–72. doi:10.1016/j.jjcc.2014.02.011. PMID 24674752.
- ↑ Maron MS, Finley JJ, Bos JM, Hauser TH, Manning WJ, Haas TS, Lesser JR, Udelson JE, Ackerman MJ, Maron BJ (2008). “Prevalence, clinical significance, and natural history of left ventricular apical aneurysms in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy”. Circulation. 118 (15): 1541–9. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.781401. PMID 18809796.
- ↑ Xia S, Wu B, Zhang X, Hu X (2009). “Left ventricular aneurysm in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: clinical analysis of six cases”. Neth Heart J. 17 (12): 475–80. PMC 2804080. PMID 20087451.
- ↑ Jmeian A, Thawabi M, Goldfarb I, Shamoon F (2015). “Left ventricular aneurysm and ventricular tachycardia as initial presentation of cardiac sarcoidosis”. N Am J Med Sci. 7 (3): 114–8. doi:10.4103/1947-2714.153923. PMC 4382765. PMID 25839003.
- ↑ Mori M, Sakakura K, Wada H, Ikeda N, Jinnouchi H, Sugawara Y, Kubo N, Momomura S, Ako J (2013). “Left ventricular apical aneurysm following primary percutaneous coronary intervention”. Heart Vessels. 28 (6): 677–83. doi:10.1007/s00380-012-0301-2. PMID 23089891.
- ↑ Kim GB, Kim WH, Min BJ, Lee YO, Park EA, Bae EJ (2011). “Aneurysm of left ventricular apex in a patient with pulmonary atresia, intact ventricular septum”. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 57 (13): e201. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2010.07.064. PMID 21435511.
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