Multimodality imaging of a left ventricular aneurysm in a patient with normal coronary arteries: Unusual localization.
Mahmut YesinMacit KalcikElnur AlizadeOnur TaşarMehmet ÖzkanPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2017)
Left ventricular aneurysm (LVA) is rare but potentially fatal complication of myocardial infarction. It has been strictly defined as a distinct area of abnormal left ventricular diastolic contour with systolic dyskinesia or paradoxical bulging. It may be asymptomatic. However, complications including thromboembolism, heart failure, valvular regurgitation, arrhythmia, and rarely rupture may be the initial presentation. Diagnosis may be established by transthoracic echocardiography, left ventriculography, computed tomographic angiography, and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Here, we report a case of uncommonly located LVA in an adult patient with normal coronary arteries, which was diagnosed with multimodality imaging.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- aortic stenosis
- coronary artery
- heart failure
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- case report
- acute myocardial infarction
- left atrial
- high resolution
- coronary artery disease
- mitral valve
- computed tomography
- aortic valve
- atrial fibrillation
- optical coherence tomography
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- ejection fraction
- pulmonary hypertension
- blood flow
- acute coronary syndrome
- contrast enhanced