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Right ventricular aneurysm

MedGen UID:
745551
•Concept ID:
C2063380
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Aneurysm of right ventricle; Right ventricular outpouching
SNOMED CT: Aneurysm of right ventricle (445440001); Right ventricular aneurysm (445440001)
 
HPO: HP:6000667

Definition

A localized, abnormal dilation or bulging of a portion of the right ventricular wall. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVRight ventricular aneurysm

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Fetal atrial appendage aneurysm: Prenatal diagnosis by echocardiography and prognosis.
Wang X, Liu JJ, Han JC, Sun L, Zhang Y, Gu XY, Xue C, Liu XW, He YH
Echocardiography 2021 Aug;38(8):1228-1234. Epub 2021 Jun 1 doi: 10.1111/echo.15089. PMID: 34075626
Autopsy and postnatal follow-up of prenatally diagnosed ventricular outpouchings.
Zheng M, Sun L, Liu X, Wang X, He Y
Prenat Diagn 2020 May;40(6):681-688. Epub 2020 Apr 3 doi: 10.1002/pd.5646. PMID: 31990991
Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac sarcoidosis.
Kusano KF, Satomi K
Heart 2016 Feb;102(3):184-90. Epub 2015 Dec 7 doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-307877. PMID: 26643814

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Late presentation of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in an octogenarian associated with a pathogenic variant in the plakophilin 2 gene: a case report.
Adachi Y, Hayashi T, Mitsuhashi T, Sakakura K, Yamada Y, Wada Y, Horie M, Momomura SI, Fujita H
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2019 Feb 19;19(1):41. doi: 10.1186/s12872-019-1018-2. PMID: 30782136Free PMC Article
Unexplained double-chambered left ventricle associated with contracting right ventricular aneurysm and right atrial enlargement.
Finocchiaro G, Murphy D, Pavlovic A, Haddad F, Shiran H, Sinagra G, Ashley EA, Knowles JW
Echocardiography 2014 Mar;31(3):E80-4. Epub 2013 Dec 3 doi: 10.1111/echo.12467. PMID: 24299065
Systemic right ventricles rarely show myocardial scars in cardiac magnetic resonance delayed-enhancement imaging.
Preim U, Hoffmann J, Lehmkuhl L, Kehrmann J, Riese F, Daehnert I, Kostelka M, Gutberlet M, Grothoff M
Clin Res Cardiol 2013 May;102(5):337-44. Epub 2013 Feb 2 doi: 10.1007/s00392-013-0539-4. PMID: 23377901
Symptomatic arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy. A two-centre retrospective study of 15 symptomatic ARVD/C cases and focus on the diagnostic value of MRI in symptomatic ARVD/C patients.
Dewilde W, Boersma L, Delanote J, Pollet P, Scholzel B, Wever E, Vandekerckhove Y
Acta Cardiol 2008 Apr;63(2):181-9. doi: 10.2143/AC.63.2.2029526. PMID: 18468198
Right ventricular aneurysm: a new prognostic indicator after a first acute myocardial infarction.
Antonelli Incalzi R, Capparella O, Gemma A, Puglielli L, Bonetti MG, Carbonin P
Cardiology 1991;79(2):120-6. doi: 10.1159/000174869. PMID: 1933963

Diagnosis

Prenatal diagnosis of a right ventricular outpouching: a report of case.
Subaşı B, Akbaş T, Demir F
Cardiol Young 2022 Jan;32(1):116-117. Epub 2021 Jul 14 doi: 10.1017/S1047951121002122. PMID: 34256889
Prenatal diagnosis of fetal right congenital ventricular aneurysms: An analysis of three cases and literature review.
Zhong C, Chen S, Zhang X, Zhang K, Liu Y, Ran S
J Clin Ultrasound 2021 Sep;49(7):770-773. Epub 2021 Apr 22 doi: 10.1002/jcu.23016. PMID: 33885168
Direct ablation and excision of myocardial scar in post-myocarditis ventricular aneurysm.
Chiyoya M, Fukuda I, Sasaki S, Okumura K
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2020 Feb 1;30(2):316-318. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivz258. PMID: 31665310
Prenatal diagnosis of fetal right and left congenital ventricular aneurysms.
Gowda M, Bharathi S, Thiagarajan M, Aneja T
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2018 Sep;31(17):2367-2370. Epub 2017 Jun 28 doi: 10.1080/14767058.2017.1342799. PMID: 28614975
Two dimensional echocardiography and Doppler in the right ventricular infarction.
García-Fernandez MA, López-Sendón J
Rev Port Cardiol 1990 Mar;9(3):227-44. PMID: 2202344

Therapy

Late presentation of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in an octogenarian associated with a pathogenic variant in the plakophilin 2 gene: a case report.
Adachi Y, Hayashi T, Mitsuhashi T, Sakakura K, Yamada Y, Wada Y, Horie M, Momomura SI, Fujita H
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2019 Feb 19;19(1):41. doi: 10.1186/s12872-019-1018-2. PMID: 30782136Free PMC Article
Constriction of the ductus arteriosus, severe right ventricular hypertension, and a right ventricular aneurysm in a fetus after maternal use of a topical treatment for striae gravidarum.
Hayes DA
Cardiol Young 2016 Apr;26(4):796-8. Epub 2015 Oct 7 doi: 10.1017/S1047951115001924. PMID: 26443450
Unexplained double-chambered left ventricle associated with contracting right ventricular aneurysm and right atrial enlargement.
Finocchiaro G, Murphy D, Pavlovic A, Haddad F, Shiran H, Sinagra G, Ashley EA, Knowles JW
Echocardiography 2014 Mar;31(3):E80-4. Epub 2013 Dec 3 doi: 10.1111/echo.12467. PMID: 24299065
Right ventricular aneurysm following modified Norwood-Sano operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Karimi M, Farouk A, Stork J, Hennein HA
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2008 Aug;7(4):664-6. Epub 2008 May 16 doi: 10.1510/icvts.2007.171777. PMID: 18487238
Sudden death following rupture of a right ventricular aneurysm 9 months after ablation therapy of the right ventricular outflow tract.
Wolf DA, Burke AP, Patterson KV, Virmani R
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2002 Jul;25(7):1135-7. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01135.x. PMID: 12164457

Prognosis

Prenatal diagnosis of fetal right congenital ventricular aneurysms: An analysis of three cases and literature review.
Zhong C, Chen S, Zhang X, Zhang K, Liu Y, Ran S
J Clin Ultrasound 2021 Sep;49(7):770-773. Epub 2021 Apr 22 doi: 10.1002/jcu.23016. PMID: 33885168
Prenatal diagnosis of fetal right and left congenital ventricular aneurysms.
Gowda M, Bharathi S, Thiagarajan M, Aneja T
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2018 Sep;31(17):2367-2370. Epub 2017 Jun 28 doi: 10.1080/14767058.2017.1342799. PMID: 28614975
Systemic right ventricles rarely show myocardial scars in cardiac magnetic resonance delayed-enhancement imaging.
Preim U, Hoffmann J, Lehmkuhl L, Kehrmann J, Riese F, Daehnert I, Kostelka M, Gutberlet M, Grothoff M
Clin Res Cardiol 2013 May;102(5):337-44. Epub 2013 Feb 2 doi: 10.1007/s00392-013-0539-4. PMID: 23377901
Symptomatic arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy. A two-centre retrospective study of 15 symptomatic ARVD/C cases and focus on the diagnostic value of MRI in symptomatic ARVD/C patients.
Dewilde W, Boersma L, Delanote J, Pollet P, Scholzel B, Wever E, Vandekerckhove Y
Acta Cardiol 2008 Apr;63(2):181-9. doi: 10.2143/AC.63.2.2029526. PMID: 18468198
Right ventricular aneurysm: a new prognostic indicator after a first acute myocardial infarction.
Antonelli Incalzi R, Capparella O, Gemma A, Puglielli L, Bonetti MG, Carbonin P
Cardiology 1991;79(2):120-6. doi: 10.1159/000174869. PMID: 1933963

Clinical prediction guides

Case report: incidental finding of a giant cardiac mass.
Surguladze G, Baduashvili A, Tamsen A
Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 2014 Apr-Jun;10(2):118-20. doi: 10.14797/mdcj-10-2-118. PMID: 25114764Free PMC Article
Systemic right ventricles rarely show myocardial scars in cardiac magnetic resonance delayed-enhancement imaging.
Preim U, Hoffmann J, Lehmkuhl L, Kehrmann J, Riese F, Daehnert I, Kostelka M, Gutberlet M, Grothoff M
Clin Res Cardiol 2013 May;102(5):337-44. Epub 2013 Feb 2 doi: 10.1007/s00392-013-0539-4. PMID: 23377901
Long-term follow-up of homograft function after pulmonary valve replacement in patients with tetralogy of Fallot.
Oosterhof T, Meijboom FJ, Vliegen HW, Hazekamp MG, Zwinderman AH, Bouma BJ, van Dijk AP, Mulder BJ
Eur Heart J 2006 Jun;27(12):1478-84. Epub 2006 May 17 doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl033. PMID: 16707545
Right ventricular aneurysm: a new prognostic indicator after a first acute myocardial infarction.
Antonelli Incalzi R, Capparella O, Gemma A, Puglielli L, Bonetti MG, Carbonin P
Cardiology 1991;79(2):120-6. doi: 10.1159/000174869. PMID: 1933963
Right ventricular aneurysm due to myocardial fatty infiltration: report of a case.
Kataoka H, Kuroiwa N, Tabuchi H, Ohshige K, Nakamura K, Hashimoto S
Jpn Circ J 1982 Dec;46(12):1353-8. doi: 10.1253/jcj.46.1353. PMID: 6183465

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