Inferior wall aneurysm of the left ventricle and severe mitral regurgitation following acute myocardial infarction

Abstract

Left ventricular aneurysms are seen rarely in primary percutaneous coronary interventional era. True aneurysms are usually localized to apex of the ventricle and it\'s very rare to develop in the inferior wall. In this paper, we presented a true left ventricle aneurysm, localized at the basal inferior wall which is developed in the course of subacute inferior myocardial infarction of a 74-years-old man. Aneurysm is detected during left ventriculography. The true ventricular aneurysm and consequent severe mitral regurgitation caused by tethering of mitral aparatus are confirmed with transthoracic echocardiography.

Keywords

• True ventricular aneurysm, severe mitral regurgitation, coronary angiography, ventriculography, echocardiography

Inferior wall aneurysm of the left ventricle and severe mitral regurgitation following acute myocardial infarction

Abstract

Sol ventrikül anevrizmaları primer perkütan koroner girişim çağında nadir görülmektedir. Gerçek anevrizmalar genellikle ventrikülün apeksine yerleşiktir ve inferiyor duvarda yerleşimi çok nadirdir. Bu yazıda 74 yaşında bir erkek hastada akut inferior myokart enfarktüsü seyrinde gelişen bazal inferiyor yerleşimli gerçek anevrizma olgusu sunduk. Anevrizma sol ventrikülografi ile tespit edildi. Anevrizma ve yol açtığı ileri mitral yetersizliği ekokardiyografi ile doğrulandı

Keywords

• Gerçek ventriküler anevrizma, ciddi mitral yetersizliği, koroner anjiyografi, ventrikülografi, ekokardiyografi

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