Submitral aneurysm is a rare entity, with around few hundred cases reported till date. Presentation can be varied. We describe here a case of submitral aneurysm in a young male with rupture into the left atrium cavity.
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Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep
December 2024
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Government Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
Submitral aneurysm is a challenging and uncommon cardiac disease that is uniquely related to the posterior mitral valve leaflet. Awareness and prompt identification are vital because of the strong predilection for sudden fatal complications. Techniques and timing of surgical procedures are not standardized, especially in incidentally detected cases.
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December 2024
Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Egypt Heart J
August 2024
Department of Cardiology, KIMS Health, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695011, India.
Background: Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology characterized by a large vessel vasculitis involving the aorta and its branches. Myocardial involvement is extremely unusual in TA and is mostly in the form of myocarditis, ventricular hypertrophy, and ventricular dysfunction secondary to coronary ischemia. Submitral aneurysms have been reported in TA and has been attributed to the chronic inflammatory process in TA.
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June 2024
Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Trivandrum, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Ann Card Anaesth
January 2024
Department of Anaesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
A sub-mitral left ventricular aneurysm is a rare condition. It is a congenital outpouching of the left ventricular wall, invariably occurring adjacent to the posterior mitral leaflet. Sub-mitral aneurysm (SMA) has usually been reported as a consequence of myocardial ischemia (MI), rheumatic heart disease, tuberculosis, and infective endocarditis.
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