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Subvalvular mitral aneurysm a rare pathology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2021

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: [email protected]

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.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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