Submitral left ventricular aneurysm. Case report and review of published Brazilian cases

Submitral left ventricular aneurysm is a cardiac pathology widely recognized, but relatively unknown, occurred almost exclusively in African black patients. Although still this idea of racial prevalence exists, cases have been described in patients of all the races. Ten Brazilian cases were reported...

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Main Authors: Ribeiro Paulo José de Freitas, Mendes Rosana G. G., Vicente Walter Vilella de A., Menardi Antonio Carlos, Evora Paulo Roberto Barbosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2001-01-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2001000500006
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author Ribeiro Paulo José de Freitas
Mendes Rosana G. G.
Vicente Walter Vilella de A.
Menardi Antonio Carlos
Evora Paulo Roberto Barbosa
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Mendes Rosana G. G.
Vicente Walter Vilella de A.
Menardi Antonio Carlos
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description Submitral left ventricular aneurysm is a cardiac pathology widely recognized, but relatively unknown, occurred almost exclusively in African black patients. Although still this idea of racial prevalence exists, cases have been described in patients of all the races. Ten Brazilian cases were reported. One of them was presented inside an Italian paper that refers the surgical treatment of a Brazilian patient of black race. We reported one more submitral left ventricular aneurysm case in a brown female patient, with antecedents of peripheral thromboembolism initially not identified as consequence of the cardiac pathology.
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spelling doaj.art-2badbffa62bb451086b82426ac2e46632022-12-21T21:46:40ZengSociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia0066-782X1678-41702001-01-01765399402Submitral left ventricular aneurysm. Case report and review of published Brazilian casesRibeiro Paulo José de FreitasMendes Rosana G. G.Vicente Walter Vilella de A.Menardi Antonio CarlosEvora Paulo Roberto BarbosaSubmitral left ventricular aneurysm is a cardiac pathology widely recognized, but relatively unknown, occurred almost exclusively in African black patients. Although still this idea of racial prevalence exists, cases have been described in patients of all the races. Ten Brazilian cases were reported. One of them was presented inside an Italian paper that refers the surgical treatment of a Brazilian patient of black race. We reported one more submitral left ventricular aneurysm case in a brown female patient, with antecedents of peripheral thromboembolism initially not identified as consequence of the cardiac pathology.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2001000500006
spellingShingle Ribeiro Paulo José de Freitas
Mendes Rosana G. G.
Vicente Walter Vilella de A.
Menardi Antonio Carlos
Evora Paulo Roberto Barbosa
Submitral left ventricular aneurysm. Case report and review of published Brazilian cases
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
title Submitral left ventricular aneurysm. Case report and review of published Brazilian cases
title_full Submitral left ventricular aneurysm. Case report and review of published Brazilian cases
title_fullStr Submitral left ventricular aneurysm. Case report and review of published Brazilian cases
title_full_unstemmed Submitral left ventricular aneurysm. Case report and review of published Brazilian cases
title_short Submitral left ventricular aneurysm. Case report and review of published Brazilian cases
title_sort submitral left ventricular aneurysm case report and review of published brazilian cases
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2001000500006
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