title: Left ventricular apical aneurysm as a consequence of diffuse type congenital nonfamilial supravalvular aortic stenosis in a 30-year-old female.
abstract: Congenital nonfamilial supravalvular aortic stenosis (SVAS) is relatively rare, its diffuse type being the least common. We present a 30-year-old woman with diffuse SVAS complicated with left ventricular apical aneurysm. We believe that subtle left ventricular myocardial ischemia or infarction and long-lasting severe pressure overload to the apical chamber caused LV apical aneurysm in our case. Acquired LV apical aneurysm secondary to supravalvular aortic stenosis, in the absence of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease and hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, has not been described before.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Social Security Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gulumser
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heper
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kose
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.forename: Basri
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amasyali
authors.forename: Ersoy
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Isik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D021921:Aortic Stenosis, Supravalvular / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*