Left Ventricular Aneurysm in Patient With Scleroderma

• Wulandari Niken

  Department of Dermatology

• Watanabe Nozomi

  Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School

• Matsuura Hironori

  Department of Dermatology

• Fujimoto Wataru

  Department of Dermatology

• Yoshida Kiyoshi

  Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School

Abstract

We present a case of a patient with scleroderma with a rare form of cardiac involvement. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a left ventricular (LV) aneurysm in the base of the posterior free-wall. Cardiac catheterization revealed normal coronary arteries with a prominent aneurysm seen on left ventriculogram. Although ventricular dilatation is commonly found in scleroderma, a more serious cardiac complication such as LV aneurysm may also develope.

Journal

• Journal of Echocardiography

  Journal of Echocardiography 4 (4), 123-125, 2006

  Japanese Society of Echocardiography

Keywords

• LV aneurysm
• scleroderma

Details

• CRID: 1390001205231898368
• NII Article ID: 10018492725
• NII Book ID: AA12042477
• DOI: 10.2303/jecho.4.123
• ISSN: 1880344X
• ISSN: 13490222
• Text Lang: en
• Data Source:
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  • CiNii Articles
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