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Subvalvular mitral aneurysm a rare pathology

Part of: Echocardiography Cardiac Morphology Functionally Univentricular Heart

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2021

Odete R. Mingas Open the ORCID record for Odete R. Mingas [Opens in a new window] ,
Ondina Fortunato  and
Sebastiana Gamboa
Odete R. Mingas*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Santa Cruz Hospital, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Av. Prof. Dr Reinaldo dos Santos, Carnaxide, Lisbon, Portugal
Ondina Fortunato
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric, David Bernadino Hospital, Rua Amilcar Cabral, Luanda, Angola
Sebastiana Gamboa
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric, David Bernadino Hospital, Rua Amilcar Cabral, Luanda, Angola
*
Author for correspondence: Dr O. Mingas, MD, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Santa Cruz Hospital, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Av. Prof. Dr Reinaldo dos Santos, Carnaxide, Lisbon, 2790-134, Portugal. Tel: +00351 965595763; Fax: +00351 214188095. E-mail: tch.uca@hotmail.com
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Abstract

We present a rare and challenging case of left ventricular aneurysm in an African child with no history of previous infection or trauma, admitted for surgical treatment, who presented non reversible cardiorespiratory arrest with cardiorespiratory resuscitation before surgery.

Keywords

subvalvular mitral aneurysmcardiorespiratory arrestrare phatology
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 31 , Issue 9 , September 2021 , pp. 1528 - 1529
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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