Incidental Echocardiographic Finding of a Membranous Ventricular Septal Aneurysm in an 18-Year-Old Asymptomatic Athlete.

ABSTRACT: Membranous ventricular septal aneurysm (VSA) is an uncommon cardiac abnormality, potentially leading to several cardiac complications such as aortic valve prolapse, arrhythmias, and aneurysm rupture. A young competitive soccer player presented for a post-COVID sports cardiology assessment, denying any previous cardiological evaluations. On transthoracic echocardiography, a membranous VSA was incidentally found with no other cardiac abnormality nor hemodynamic impairment associated. A well-oriented anamnesis guided by echocardiographic findings revealed that a ventricular septal defect was diagnosed at birth with spontaneous closure at 4 years old. From that moment, no further follow-up was performed. Before granting cardiological approval to competitive sport, transesophageal echocardiogra

SUBMITTER: Giovannetti G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9558640 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature