CASE REPORT
Inferior Wall Aneurysm of the Left Ventricle and
Severe Mitral Regurgitation Following Acute
Myocardial Infarction
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Department of Cardiology, Malatya State Hospital, Malatya, Turkey
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Department
of Cardiology, Islahiye State Hospital, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
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Department of
Cardiology, Gaziantep State Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
Publication date: 2013-01-09
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Murat Yüksel
Department of Cardiology, Malatya State Hospital, Malatya, Turkey
Eur J Gen Med 2013;10(Supplement 1):50-52
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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.