Metin KILINÇ, Ahmet İRDEM, Mehmet KERVANCIOĞLU

Congenital left ventricular aneurysm: A case report

Doğuştan sol ventriküler anevrizma, nadir görülen bir kalp anomalisidir. Diğer doğuştan kalp defektleri ilebirlikteliği sıktır. Asemptomatik olması nedeni ile hastalığın tanısında görüntüleme yöntemleri önemli yertutmaktadır. Bu yazıda, nadir görülen ve doğuştan kalp hastalığı ile birlikte olan, iki boyutlu ekokardiyografi veanjiyografi ile tanısı konulan, doğuştan sol ventriküleranevrizması olan bir aylık kız olgu sunuldu.

Doğuştan sol ventriküler anevrizma: Olgu sunumu

Congenital left ventricular aneurysm is a rare anomalous ofthe heart. Association with other congenital heart defects iscommon. Imaging modalities have an important role in thediagnosis of the disease, due to its asymptomatic nature. Inthis article, we report a one-month-old girl with congenitalleft ventricular aneurysm, a rare condition existing togetherwith congenital heart disease, which was diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography and angiography.

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