Open AccessA case of submitral left ventricular aneurysm (SMA), presenting with acute rheumatic fever with HIV infection
Author(s) -
Rajeshwari S Vohra,
Deelip Kadam,
Narendra Chindhu Kale
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/medical journal of dr. d.y. patil university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7119
pISSN - 0975-2870
DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.126355
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , sma* , left ventricular aneurysm , acute rheumatic fever , aneurysm , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , rheumatic fever , acute decompensated heart failure , mitral valve , heart failure , surgery , virology , mathematics , combinatorics
Submitral aneurysm (SMA) is a rare congenital out-pouching of left ventricular wall, invariably occurring adjacent to the posterior leaflet of mitral valve. We describe a patient who had rare co existence of SMA, rheumatic heart disease and HIV infection. Our patient presented with acute rheumatic fever in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) profile B. Patient was also detected to be having HIV infection. On echocardiography submitral left ventricular aneurysm posteriorely below the posterior mitral leaflet (PML) was detected