Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Korean Society of Echocardiography (한국심초음파학회)
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Stormy Course of a Huge Submitral Aneurysm Causing Low Cardiac Output State

  • Gokhroo, Rajendra Kumar (Post Graduate Department of Cardiology, JLN Medical College & Associated Group of Hospitals) ;
  • Anantharaj, Avinash (Post Graduate Department of Cardiology, JLN Medical College & Associated Group of Hospitals) ;
  • Kishor, Kamal (Post Graduate Department of Cardiology, JLN Medical College & Associated Group of Hospitals) ;
  • Ranwa, Bhanwar (Post Graduate Department of Cardiology, JLN Medical College & Associated Group of Hospitals)
  • Received : 2015.07.22
  • Accepted : 2016.02.01
  • Published : 2016.03.27
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Abstract

Submitral aneurysm is a rare structural abnormality of congenital or acquired aetiology. Most reported cases are from Africa. Unless promptly treated surgically this condition is invariably fatal. We report a case of a young Indian male who presented with dyspnea of recent onset, diagnosed to have a massive submitral aneurysm causing low cardiac output and compression of cardiac structures.

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