HUGE UNRUPTURED ANEURYSM OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE AFTER SILENT INFARCTION: DIFFICULTIES OF MANAGEMENT THROUGH A CASE
Jaafar Rhissassi*, Hicham Wazaren, Hanae Bouhdadi, Chakib Benlafqih, Rochde Sayah and Mohammed Laaroussi
ABSTRACT
Aneurysm of the left ventricle is rare with a prevalence of 0.05%. Transthoracic echocardiography is the main means of diagnosis. These are the works of Dor on the importance of maintaining kinetics and an elliptical ventricular geometry that had developed left ventricle repair. This is a 67-year-old male who was admitted with dyspnea. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a large apical aneurysm of the left ventricle. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the diagnosis of the aneurysm. The coronarography revealed a left anterior descending artery occlusion and tight stenosis of the right coronary artery. The surgical correction consisted of the technique of DOR.
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