Submitral left ventricular aneurysm compressing the left main coronary artery
โ Scribed by Skoularigis, John ;Sareli, Pinhas
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 92 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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โฆ Synopsis
This report describes a 43-yr-old black women who was referred for evaluation of severe mitral regurgitation. Conventional echocardiography revealed a large submitral left ventricular aneurysm. A selective coronary angiography demonstrated compression of the left main coronary artery by submitral aneurysm. Successful surgical repair was performed.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Aneurysms of the coronary arteries occur in 1.5-4.9% of coronary angiograms. Only a few cases of a giant aneurysm of the left main coronary artery in conjunction with severe atherosclerotic coronary disease have been reported. This report details the exceptional case of a 72-year-old patient with a