Left ventricular aneurysm in a five-week-old child

Echocardiography. 2006 Apr;23(4):329-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00160.x.

Abstract

Ventricular aneurysms in the pediatric population are rare and no standardized method of treatment exists. We present a case of left ventricular (LV) aneurysm in an infant, 5 weeks after a balloon aortic valvuloplasty for congenital aortic stenosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / therapy
  • Catheterization
  • Diseases in Twins / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diseases in Twins / surgery
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Aneurysm / surgery
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant