The Electrocardiographic Clue to Ventricular Aneurysm

Article1 April 1951THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CLUE TO VENTRICULAR ANEURYSMRALPH V. FORD, M.D., HAROLD D. LEVINE, M.D., F.A.C.P.RALPH V. FORD, M.D., HAROLD D. LEVINE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-4-998 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptExamination of the postmortem records of 99 patients with myocardial infarction who died during the last three years at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital showed nine instances (or 9.9 per cent) with aneurysm of the ventricle. This is defined as a marked thinning of the ventricular wall observed fluoroscopically to bulge outward with inward systolic contraction of the remainder of the ventricle, or judged from its postmortem appearance to be large and thin enough to be likely to bulge outward in this manner during ventricular systole. 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Present address: Houston, Texas.The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private ones of the writers and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Navy Department or the Naval Service at large. 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