Submitral left ventricular aneurysm. Report of 2 surgical cases.
Submitral left ventricular aneurysm most commonly occurs among the black population. Nevertheless, this lesion has been described among whites. We report 2 cases of submitral left ventricular aneurysm that we treated successfully by surgery. Case 1 is that of a 52-year-old Brazilian black man with a submitral left aneurysm and mitral incompetence. Case 2 is that of a 25-year-old white man with a history of recurrent stroke; his echocardiographic study showed a small submitral left ventricular aneurysm. Due to the growing incidence of submitral left ventricular aneurysm among the white population, we emphasize the importance of a targeted echocardiographic study in all patients with a history of embolic episodes in the absence of apparent risk factors for embolism.
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Division of Cardiac Surgery 2nd University of Naples, V. Monaldi Hospital, Italy.
Renzulli
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Cerasuolo
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Caruso
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Sarnicola
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D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000208:ethnology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D044465:White People