title: [Submitral left ventricular aneurysm in a Brazilian Indian].
abstract: Subvalvar left ventricular aneurysm is a rare disease of unknown etiology, that has been described most often in black Africans. A case of Brazilian indian with heart failure and a murmur of mitral regurgitation is reported. The chest x-ray showed a mild bulge in the left cardiac border and two-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated submitral left ventricular aneurysm, confirmed by left ventricular angiography. Surgical treatment consisted of resection of the aneurysm and mitral valvuloplasty. A perforation of the aneurysm, undetected neither by two-dimensional echocardiography nor by angiography was found at surgery.
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Moisés
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vieira Filho
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Leão
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Martinez Filho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D004452:Echocardiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
vernacular_title: Aneurisma submitral do ventrículo esquerdo em um Indio Brasileiro.