title: Rupture of a submitral ventricular aneurysm into the left atrium diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: Submitral ventricular aneurysm is a thoroughly studied pathology but is not well known due to its rarity. Clinically, it is manifested by symptoms and signs of heart failure, mitral regurgitation and/or ventricular arrhythmias, and may be associated with thromboembolic phenomena and myocardial ischemia due to compression of the coronary arteries by the aneurysm. A rare complication of this type of aneurysm is rupture into the left atrium. Transthoracic echocardiography plays an important role in the definitive diagnosis of this pathology, although the role of transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of these patients is less known. We report a case of a submitral ventricular aneurysm complicated by rupture into the left atrium, which was diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography.
authors: Hospital Militar Principal/Instituto Superior Luanda, República de Angola.
authors: Humberto
authors: H
authors: Morais
authors: Luísa Moura
authors: LM
authors: Branco
authors: Rosa
authors: R
authors: Cunha
authors: Telmo
authors: T
authors: Martins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve