Submitral left ventricular aneurysm compressing the left main coronary artery

J Skoularigis; P Sareli

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199702)40:2<173::aid-ccd12>3.0.co;2-s

Submitral left ventricular aneurysm compressing the left main coronary artery

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1997 Feb;40(2):173-5. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199702)40:2<173::aid-ccd12>3.0.co;2-s.

Authors

J Skoularigis¹, P Sareli

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.

PMID: 9047060
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199702)40:2<173::aid-ccd12>3.0.co;2-s

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Constriction, Pathologic / etiology
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels / pathology*
Echocardiography
Female
Heart Aneurysm / complications*
Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology*