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Classification of aneurysms

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Aneurysms may be true or false:

  • a true aneurysm consists, at least in part, of the affected segment of blood vessel or, in the case of ventricular aneurysms, myocardium

  • a false aneurysm is an aneurysm whose wall is formed from connective tissue which walls off a haematoma rather than from any part of the vessel wall or myocardium

True aneurysms may be classified according to:

  • location
  • shape
  • aetiology

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