• J Card Surg · Nov 2009

    Case Reports

    Giant left ventricular aneurysm complicating silent inferoposterior myocardial infarction.

    • Vijayakumar Subban, Nilesh Makadia, Ramkumar Soli Rajaram, Radhakrishnan Ravikumar, Valikapathalil Mathew Kurian, and Mullasari Ajit Sankardas.
    • Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, India. drvijay1977@yahoo.com
    • J Card Surg. 2009 Nov 1; 24 (6): 697-9.

    BackgroundTrue ventricular aneurysm in the inferior location is rare. A 54-year-old male was evaluated for recurrent heart failure.MethodThe echocardiogram showed large aneurysm arising from the inferoposterior wall of the left ventricle and severe mitral regurgitation.ResultsThe coronary angiogram revealed occluded right coronary artery (RCA) in the mid segment.ConclusionThe patient underwent aneurysm repair and coronary artery bypass grafting to RCA.

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