Development of left ventricular aneurysm in relation to the status of coronary bed in patients with a history of myocardial infarction

The study was undertaken to examine 278 patients with a history of myocardial infarction by nuans of coronarography with verographin as contrast media. Its purpose was to reveal a relationship between the ischemic signs of cardiac aneurysm and the status of coronary arteries. The findings suggested that left ventricular aneurysm was greatly due to severe obstruction of the infarct-related right intraventricular branch of a coronary artery