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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [2]

Overview

A bulge of the silhouette of the left ventricle on chest x-ray is the characteristic finding in LV aneurysm.

Chest X Ray

  • The presence of a discrete bulge in the heart silhouette is suggestive of a true aneurysm.[1]
  • Marked calcification may be present on bulge.

References

  1. Mourdjinis A, Olsen E, Raphael MJ, Mounsey JP (1968). "Clinical diagnosis and prognosis of ventricular aneurysm". Br Heart J. 30 (4): 497–513. PMC 487659. PMID 5659397.


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