Stormy Course of a Huge Submitral Aneurysm Causing Low Cardiac Output State

Submitral aneurysm is a rare structural abnormality of congenital or acquired aetiology. Most reported cases are from Africa. Unless promptly treated surgically this condition is invariably fatal. We report a case of a young Indian male who presented with dyspnea of recent onset, diagnosed to have a...

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Autores principales: Gokhroo, Rajendra Kumar, Anantharaj, Avinash, Kishor, Kamal, Ranwa, Bhanwar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Echocardiography 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4828418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27081448
http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2016.24.1.68
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Sumario:Submitral aneurysm is a rare structural abnormality of congenital or acquired aetiology. Most reported cases are from Africa. Unless promptly treated surgically this condition is invariably fatal. We report a case of a young Indian male who presented with dyspnea of recent onset, diagnosed to have a massive submitral aneurysm causing low cardiac output and compression of cardiac structures.

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