Huge left ventricular aneurysm in a minimally symptomatic 11-year-old boy

Congenit Heart Dis. 2009 Jan-Feb;4(1):46-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2008.00234.x.

Abstract

An 11-year-old boy presented with mild shortness of breath and tachycardia and was diagnosed with a huge left ventricular aneurysm ruptured in a secondary pseudoaneurysm. This report highlights the complementary use of echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the preoperative assessment of this anomaly.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Child
  • Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
  • Echocardiography / methods
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / methods
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Aneurysm / congenital
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis*
  • Heart Aneurysm / surgery
  • Heart Ventricles*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Monitoring, Intraoperative
  • Rare Diseases
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome