Calcified Left Ventricular Aneurysm: “An Egg in the Heart”

Abstract

We present a peculiar case of left ventricular aneurysm which had calcified over 14 years post anterior myocardial infarction and appears to be like an egg in the heart. Previous cases reported of calcified LV ring were associated with Left Ventricular mural thrombus. In our patient, we did not identify any mural thrombus.

Seventy‐year‐old patient survives a giant apical LV pseudoaneurysm for 8 years

“…This pseudoaneurysm carries a high risk of rupture and surgical treatment is often indicated [3]. Chest X-ray and coronary angiography can give a clue to this serious diagnosis [4,5]. Ischemic cardiomyopathy with heart failure is the usual consequence in nonruptured pseudoaneurysms, but it is not the common presentation [6].…”