Cardiovascular Ultrasound (Nov 2010)
An unusual case of left ventricular aneurysm in duchenne muscular dystrophy
Abstract
Abstract Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) leads to structural heart disease, including dilated cardiomyopathy, in 90% of patients >18 years of age. Despite the ubiquity of cardiomyopathy associated with DMD, ventricular aneurysms in these patients have rarely been reported. We present a case of a basal inferoposterior aneurysm of the left ventricle in a 23-year-old male patient with DMD.