Submitral left ventricular aneurysm. Report of 2 surgical cases.
AUTOR(ES)
Esposito, F
RESUMO
Submitral left ventricular aneurysm most commonly occurs among the black population. Nevertheless, this lesion has been described among whites. We report 2 cases of submitral left ventricular aneurysm that we treated successfully by surgery. Case 1 is that of a 52-year-old Brazilian black man with a submitral left aneurysm and mitral incompetence. Case 2 is that of a 25-year-old white man with a history of recurrent stroke; his echocardiographic study showed a small submitral left ventricular aneurysm. Due to the growing incidence of submitral left ventricular aneurysm among the white population, we emphasize the importance of a targeted echocardiographic study in all patients with a history of embolic episodes in the absence of apparent risk factors for embolism.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=325303Documentos Relacionados
- Submitral left ventricular aneurysm. Case report and review of published Brazilian cases
- Left ventricular aneurysm of unusual aetiology: report of two cases.
- Left ventricular aneurysm. The Wessex experience.
- Staphylococcal infection of a left ventricular aneurysm.
- Coronary sinus and subvalvular left ventricular aneurysm.
