Cardiovascular Ultrasound (Nov 2010)

An unusual case of left ventricular aneurysm in duchenne muscular dystrophy

  • Shaikh Nasir,
  • Zeglinski Matthew,
  • Du Xiaozhou,
  • Jassal Davinder S

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-8-49
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
p. 49

Abstract

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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.