title: An unusual case of left ventricular aneurysm in duchenne muscular dystrophy.
abstract: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) leads to structural heart disease, including dilated cardiomyopathy, in 90% of patients >18 years of age. Despite the ubiquity of cardiomyopathy associated with DMD, ventricular aneurysms in these patients have rarely been reported. We present a case of a basal inferoposterior aneurysm of the left ventricle in a 23-year-old male patient with DMD.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St, Boniface General Hospital, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: Xiaozhou
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zeglinski
authors.forename: Nasir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.forename: Davinder S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Jassal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*