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Case Reports
. 1993 May;60(5):343-5.

[Submitral left ventricular aneurysm in a Brazilian Indian]

[Article in Portuguese]
V A Moisés  1 , J P Vieira Filho, J L Andrade, L E Leão, E E Martinez Filho
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Case Reports

[Submitral left ventricular aneurysm in a Brazilian Indian]

[Article in Portuguese]
V A Moisés et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. 1993 May.

Abstract

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.

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