Authors: Diarra BI, Doumbia M, Tangara S, Coulibaly BD, Keita A, Daffe S, Sidibé AS, Doucouré O, Coulibaly BM, Traoré K, Touré F, Traoré S, Diallo B, Koita SS, Togola B, Togo S, Ouattara MA, Yena S, Fernandez G, Nadjeeboulah B, Flecher E, Langanay T, Amerin C, Boutin L, Deloche A.
Left ventricular aneurysm is rare. It can be spontaneous or acquired, appearing most often after a transmural myocardial infarction but can also follow cardiac operations, trauma, inflammation or infection [1]. We report the first case of a patient initially referred by the cardiology department of the CHU-ME for the surgical management of a large pericardial effusion whose immediate operative consequences were complicated by significant hemorrhage through the pericardial drain, prompting an emergency sternotomy, surgical exploration of which revealed a ruptured left ventricle aneurysm in a 14-year-old boy. In conclusion surgical repair of left ventricular aneurysm can be performed with acceptable results.
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