Surgical repair of a submitral annular aneurysm in a child.
A 5-year-old Japanese boy was admitted to the hospital with a submitral annular aneurysm of unknown etiology. Aneurysmectomy and repair of this defect with a Gore-Tex patch were performed. A review of English-language literature indicates that this is the first reported case of a submitral annular aneurysm in an Oriental child.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013318:Stroke Volume