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What is a complication of myocardial infarction that results from a thinning of the myocardial wall and increases risk of thrombus, ventricular arrhythmias, and heart failure?

Papillary necrosis
Left ventricular dysfunction
Ventricular aneurysm
Ventricular rupture

Explanation

Answer: C - Ventricular aneurysm is a complication of myocardial infarction that results from a thinning of the myocardial wall and increases risk of thrombus, ventricular arrhythmias, and heart failure. The thinned wall allows a bulging (aneurysm) during systole as a result of the remodeling of the necrotic muscle fibers.

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