title: Submitral left ventricular aneurysm compressing the left main coronary artery.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skoularigis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sareli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*