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A localized bulging or dilatation in the muscle wall of a heart (MYOCARDIUM), usually in the LEFT VENTRICLE. Blood-filled aneurysms are dangerous because they may burst. Fibrous aneurysms interfere with the heart function through the loss of contractility. True aneurysm is bound by the vessel wall or cardiac wall. False aneurysms are HEMATOMA caused by myocardial rupture.
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- Cardiac Aneurysm
- Aneurysm, Cardiac
- Aneurysm, Heart
- Aneurysms, Cardiac
- Aneurysms, Heart
- Cardiac Aneurysms
- Heart Aneurysms
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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myocardium only: CORONARY ANEURYSM is also available
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Heart Aneurysm. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006322. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006322
- Heart Aneurysm. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurysm_of_heart
- Heart Aneurysm. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9363854