Submitral left ventricular aneurysm in a Brazilian Indian
Moisés, V.A.; Vieira Filho, J.P.; Andrade, J.L.; Leão, L.E.; Martinez Filho, E.E.
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 60(5): 343-345
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0066-782X PMID: 8311752 Document Number: 407269
Subvalvar left ventricular aneurysm is a rare disease of unknown etiology, that has been described most often in black Africans. A case of Brazilian indian with heart failure and a murmur of mitral regurgitation is reported. The chest x-ray showed a mild bulge in the left cardiac border and two-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated submitral left ventricular aneurysm, confirmed by left ventricular angiography. Surgical treatment consisted of resection of the aneurysm and mitral valvuloplasty. A perforation of the aneurysm, undetected neither by two-dimensional echocardiography nor by angiography was found at surgery.