Open AccessCalcified mitral subannular left ventricular aneurysm
Author(s) -
Irma van de Werke,
Zarina I. Lockhat,
Betsie van der Walt,
Rowaida Abdullah
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
sa journal of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.18
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2078-6778
pISSN - 1027-202X
DOI - 10.4102/sajr.v6i1.1459
Subject(s) - medicine , heart aneurysm , cardiology , mitral valve , aneurysm , population , radiology , environmental health
Mitral subannular left ventricular aneurysms are not frequently seen, and those described have occurred mostly in Africa and India. This condition is rare in the Caucasian population.In this case report we describe a mitral subannular left ventricular aneurysm which was calcified, in a pregnant, HIV-positive African woman.This condition should be suspected in patients of African or Indian descent presenting with mitral incompetence and a localised bulge and ring calcification on the left cardiac border on a chest radiograph.