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Report of Ten Cases

DONALD B. EFFLER, MD; RICHARD N. WESTCOTT, MD; LAURENCE K. GROVES, MD; NIALL M. SCULLY, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1963;87(2):249-257.

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Introduction

Aneurysm of the heart was described in 1757 when John Hunter¹ included a case report in "An Account of the Dissection of Morbid Bodys." For two centuries ventricular aneurysm has remained an interesting pathologic entity and has been displayed prominently in every major collection of postmortem oddities. Occasionally the diagnosis of ventricular aneurysm was established in the living patient,² an event of interest to the clinician but not helpful to the patient. The recent advent of open-heart surgery and its application in various types of acquired heart disease has made ventricular aneurysm a correctable lesion. This development removes ventricular aneurysm from the sole realm of the pathologist and makes clinical recognition now mandatory.

Pathologic Features

Historically ventricular aneurysm was associated with syphilis, rheumatic myocarditis, tuberculosis, trauma, and a number of other etiologic factors. In light of present knowledge, however, it appears that ventricular aneurysm is the end . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CLEVELAND

Formerly, Fellow in the Department of Thoracic Surgery; present address: The Straub Clinic, Honolulu, Hawaii (Dr. Scully).; From the Department of Thoracic Surgery, and the Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Footnotes
Presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Chicago, Feb 21-23, 1963.

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