Huge left ventricular aneurysm in a minimally symptomatic 11-year-old boy.
An 11-year-old boy presented with mild shortness of breath and tachycardia and was diagnosed with a huge left ventricular aneurysm ruptured in a secondary pseudoaneurysm. This report highlights the complementary use of echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the preoperative assessment of this anomaly.
Moniotte
Stéphane
S
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium. stephane.moniotte@uclouvain.be
Barrea
Catherine
C
Gonzalez
Cécilia
C
Sluysmans
Thierry
T
El Khoury
Gébrine
G
Rubay
Jean
J
D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D035583:Rare Diseases; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome