PMID- 29622911
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180917
LR  - 20220321
IS  - 2413-7170 (Electronic)
IS  - 1029-1857 (Print)
IS  - 1029-1857 (Linking)
VI  - 28
IP  - 1
DP  - 2018 Jan
TI  - Submitral Left Ventricular Aneurysm Associated with Thrombus.
PG  - 93-96
AB  - BACKGROUND: Submitral left ventricular aneurysm is a rarely reported cardiac 
      abnormality that is encountered commonly among blacks. So far, only one case has 
      been reported from Ethiopia and East Africa.Our aim is to report an interesting 
      and rare case that we encountered at St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical 
      College. METHODS: In April 2017, a 25-year-old patient havingsubmitral left 
      ventricular aneurysm with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV heart 
      failure and mild left ventricular systolic dysfunctionreceived medical treatment 
      at our institution. She had severe mitral regurgitation and aneurysmal thrombus. 
      The diagnosis was easily made using GE Vivid E9 transthoracic echocardiography. 
      She was given drugs for management of heart failure and anticoagulation. RESULTS: 
      Our patient was discharged with a stable condition, and she had no early 
      mortality. At 3 months' follow-up,shehad clinical improvement with NYHA class II 
      heart failure, slight improvement of left ventricular systolic function, and 
      resolution of the left ventricular thrombus. However, there waspersistent severe 
      mitral regurgitation and aneurysm. CONCLUSION: Submitral left ventricular 
      aneurysm is a rare cardiac abnormality. Diagnosis can be easily made with 
      echocardiography. Surgery is the definitive treatment. However, it is not 
      currently available in the country and patients cannot afford treatment abroad.
FAU - Abdusamed, Abdusamed Adem
AU  - Abdusamed AA
AD  - Cardiology Unit, St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, 
      Ethiopia.
FAU - Mulatu, Hailu Abera
AU  - Mulatu HA
AD  - Cardiology Unit, St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, 
      Ethiopia.
FAU - Martinez, Reinaldo Nunez
AU  - Martinez RN
AD  - Cardiology Unit, Ciro Redondo Garcia Hospital, Artemisa. Cuba.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Ethiopia
TA  - Ethiop J Health Sci
JT  - Ethiopian journal of health sciences
JID - 101224773
RN  - 0 (Anticoagulants)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Africa, Eastern
MH  - Anticoagulants/therapeutic use
MH  - Echocardiography
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Aneurysm/*complications/diagnosis/drug therapy
MH  - Heart Failure/diagnosis/drug therapy/*etiology
MH  - Heart Ventricles/*pathology/physiopathology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Mitral Valve Insufficiency/drug therapy/etiology
MH  - Thrombosis/diagnosis/drug therapy/*etiology
PMC - PMC5866293
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Ethiopia
OT  - heart failure
OT  - submitral aneurysm
OT  - thrombus
EDAT- 2018/04/07 06:00
MHDA- 2018/09/18 06:00
PMCR- 2018/01/01
CRDT- 2018/04/07 06:00
PHST- 2018/04/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/04/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/09/18 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - jEJHS.v28.i1.pg93 [pii]
AID - 10.4314/ejhs.v28i1.11 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ethiop J Health Sci. 2018 Jan;28(1):93-96. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v28i1.11.