Surgical management of a giant congenital left ventricular aneurysm in a 2‐month‐old infant

Abstract

A congenital left ventricular aneurysm is very rare. Clinical presentation varies from absence of symptoms to ventricular arrhythmias, heart failure or even sudden death. The optimal management is controversial and the surgical technique is not defined. A left ventricular aneurysm was diagnosed on prenatal echocardiography at 33 weeks gestation. After birth, initial transthoracic echocardiography confirmed the diagnosis. Two months later, the infant was taken to surgery for aneurysm repair using the Dor procedure with cardiopulmonary bypass. This technique How to cite this article: Egunov OA, Krivoshchekov EV, Cetta F, Sokolov AA, Sviazov EA. Surgical management of a giant congenital left ventricular aneurysm in a 2-month-old infant.