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Multimodality imaging of a huge subaortic left ventricular aneurysm in a child
Author(s) -
Morais Humberto,
Pedro Albino,
Reis Maria João,
Costa João Carlos
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.13673
Subject(s) - aneurysm , cardiology , medicine , heart aneurysm , left ventricular aneurysm , radiology
A subannular left ventricular aneurysm is very rare, and is mostly considered to be a congenital anomaly. A subannular left ventricular aneurysm is classified based on the type of its own orifice—submitral or subaortic. Subaortic left ventricular aneurysm occurs less frequently compared with a submitral type of subannular aneurysm. We hereby describe a rare case of a huge bilobed subaortic aneurysm, in which the orifice was located just below the left coronary cusp diagnosed with multimodality imaging in a child.