creators_name: Babak, Kazemi creators_name: Arash, Arya creators_name: Majid, Haghjoo creators_name: Mohammad Ali, Sadr-Ameli editors_name: Singh, Balbir editors_name: Lokhandwala, Yash editors_name: Francis, Johnson editors_name: Gupta, Anup type: journalp datestamp: 2005-07-13 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:08 metadata_visibility: show title: Idiopathic Submitral Left Ventricular Aneurysm: an Unusual Substrate for Ventricular Tachycardia in Caucasians ispublished: pub subjects: ipej full_text_status: public keywords: submitral aneurysm; ventricular tachycardia abstract: Annular submitral aneurysms have been rarely reported in Caucasians. They are typically diagnosed in non-white adults who present with severe mitral regurgitation, heart failure, systemic embolism, ventricular arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death. In this article, we describe the case of a white woman, presenting with ventricular tachycardia, who had a large submitral left ventricular aneurysm diagnosed incidentally during coronary angiography. date: 2005-07 date_type: published publication: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal volume: 5 number: 3 publisher: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group pagerange: 244-249 refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Abrahams DG, Barton CJ, Cockshott WP, Edington GM, Weaver EJM. Annular subvalvular left ventricular aneurysms. Quart J Med 1962; 31: 345-360. 2. Antunes MJ. Submitral left ventricular aneurysms. Correction by a new transatrial approach. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987; 94: 241-245. 3. Chockalingam A, Gnanavelu G, Alagesan R, Subramaniam T. Congenital submitral aneurysm and sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. Echocardiography 2004; 21: 325-328. 4. Ruiz D, Domingo P, Canalis E, Mata J. Annular submitral left ventricular aneurysm. Eur Heart J 1992; 13: 424-425. 5. Uchida F, Fujii E, Matsuoka K, Okubo S, Kasai A, Omichi C, et al. Idiopathic left ventricular aneurysm associated with pleomorphic ventricular tachycardia: a case report. J Cardiol 2002; 40: 275-282. 6. Geukens R, Van de Werf F, Ector H, Stalpaert G, De Geest H. Ventricular tachycardia as a complication of annular subvalvular ventricular aneurysm in a Caucasian woman. Eur Heart J 1987; 8: 431-434. 7. Toda G, Illiev II, Kawahara F, Hayano M, Katsusuke Y. Left ventricular aneurysm without coronary artery disease, incidence and clinical features: clinical analysis of 11 cases. Intern Med 2000; 39: 531-536. 8. Chesler E, Mitha AS, Edwards JE. Congenital aneurysms adjacent to the annuli of the aortic and/or mitral valves. Chest 1982; 82: 334–337. 9. Frustaci A, Chimenti C, Pieroni M. Prognostic significance of left ventricular aneurysms with normal global function caused by myocarditis. Chest 2000; 118:1696–1702. 10. Janeira LF, Talit U, Parker R, Hughes CE, Tuna IC. Surgical management of ventricular tachycardia in submitral left ventricular aneurysm. Ann Thorac Surg 1995; 60: 438-440. 11. Inoue D, Terashima S, Shirayama T, Omori I, Katsume H, Nakagawa M. A case of left ventricular aneurysm of uncertain etiology presenting as ventricular tachycardia. Int J Cardiol 1988; 21: 135-141. 12. Tada H, Kurita T, Ohe T, Shimizu W, Suyama K, Aihara N, et al. Clinical and electrophysiologic features of idiopathic left ventricular aneurysm with sustained ventricular tachycardia. Int J Cardiol 1998; 67: 27-38. 13. Vincent GM, Anderson JL, Marshall HW. Coronary spasm producing coronary thrombosis and myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 1983; 309: 220-223. 14. Matthews RV, French WJ, Criley JM. Chest trauma and subvalvular left ventricular aneurysms. Chest 1989; 95: 474-475. 15. Beck W, Schire V. Idiopathic mitral subannular left ventricular aneurysm in the Bantu. Am Heart J 1969; 78: 28-33. 16. Proclemer A, Miani D, Basadonna PT, Rocco M, Nicotra G. Idiopathic left ventricular aneurysm: an unusual substrate of ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. J Interv Card electrophysiol 1998; 2: 187-191. citation: Babak, Kazemi and Arash, Arya and Majid, Haghjoo and Mohammad Ali, Sadr-Ameli (2005) Idiopathic Submitral Left Ventricular Aneurysm: an Unusual Substrate for Ventricular Tachycardia in Caucasians. [Journal (Paginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/4454/1/kazemi.htm document_url: http://cogprints.org/4454/2/kazemi.pdf