Giant left ventricular aneurysm complicating silent inferoposterior myocardial infarction.
BACKGROUND
True ventricular aneurysm in the inferior location is rare. A 54-year-old male was evaluated for recurrent heart failure.


METHODS
The echocardiogram showed large aneurysm arising from the inferoposterior wall of the left ventricle and severe mitral regurgitation.


RESULTS
The coronary angiogram revealed occluded right coronary artery (RCA) in the mid segment.


CONCLUSIONS
The patient underwent aneurysm repair and coronary artery bypass grafting to RCA.
Subban
Vijayakumar
V
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, India. drvijay1977@yahoo.com
Makadia
Nilesh
N
Rajaram
Ramkumar Soli
RS
Ravikumar
Radhakrishnan
R
Kurian
Valikapathalil Mathew
VM
Sankardas
Mullasari Ajit
MA
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004452:Echocardiography; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed