[Post-infarct posterior aneurysm of the left ventricle. Apropos of a successful surgical case in an African]. / Anévrisme postérieur du ventricule gauche post infarctus. A propos d'un cas opéré avec succés chez un africain.
Med Trop (Mars)
; 44(2): 159-64, 1984.
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ABSTRACT
The authors report the first case in the literature of a post-infarction left ventricular (LV) aneurysm operated in a black African man of 31 years. The episode of infarction had been ignored, and the patient presented a posterior LV aneurysm with moderate mitral insufficiency and heart failure. The diagnosis was made by a cineangiogram in the LV and a coronary angiogram showing a total obliteration of the right coronary. The patient underwent a resection of the aneurysm with closure of the LV-aneurysm communication. Six months after surgery, the patient was asymptomatic and the size of the heart had decreased. With regard to this unique case, the authors discuss the literature on LV aneurysms in African, and on coronary atherosclerosis in Africa. They discuss also the surgical indication in case of post-infarction LV aneurysm.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Aneurisma Cardíaco
/
Infarto del Miocardio
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
Límite:
Adult
/
Humans
/
Male
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Med Trop (Mars)
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA TROPICAL
Año:
1984
Tipo del documento:
Article