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Idiopathic Submitral Left Ventricular Aneurysm: an unusual substrate for ventricular tachycardia in Caucasians
oleh: Babak Kazemi, Arash Arya, Majid Haghjoo, Mohammad Ali Sadr-Amel
Format: | Article |
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Diterbitkan: | Elsevier 2005-07-01 |
Deskripsi
Annular submitral aneurysms have been rarely reported in Caucasians. They are typically diagnosed in non-white adults who present with severe mitral regurgitation, heart failure, systemic embolism, ventricular arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death. In this article, we describe the case of a white woman, presenting with ventricular tachycardia, who had a large submitral left ventricular aneurysm diagnosed incidentally during coronary angiography.