Anamnese und klinischer Befund: Eine
73-jährige Frau stellte sich im Rahmen einer Routine-Evaluation bei
vorbeschriebener hypertropher obstruktiver Kardiomyopathie (HOCM) vor. Als
internistische Vorerkrankung bestand eine arterielle Hypertonie. Die Patientin
klagte über eine progrediente Belastungsdyspnoe.
Untersuchungen: Echokardiographisch konnte
ein im Verlauf der letzten 6 Monate rasch progredientes apikal gelegenes
Vorderwandaneurysma dargestellt werden. In der kardialen
Magnet-Resonanz-Tomographie (MRT) wurde in den aneurysmatischen Arealen eine
Wanddicke von lediglich 2 mm gemessen.
Therapie und Verlauf: Aufgrund der raschen
Größenzunahme des Aneurysmas in Verbindung mit der geringen
Wanddicke und dem damit einhergehenden hohen Risiko einer Spontanruptur wurde
die Patientin einer chirurgischen Therapie zugeführt. Intraoperativ
bestätigten sich die zuvor nicht-invasiv erhobenen Befunde. Das Aneurysma
wurde reseziert, der postoperative Verlauf war komplikationslos.
Folgerung: Aneurysmata der Herzspitze
können in Folge einer HOCM entstehen. Bei rascher
Größenprogredienz sollte eine Aneurysmektomie erfolgen.
History and admission findings: A 73-year-old
patient presented for routine follow-up examination for pre-diagnosed
hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). The patientŽs history
included arterial hypertension and dyspnea on exertion.
Interventions: Echocardiography revealed a
large apical aneurysm, which had vastly increased in size over the past six
months. Further evaluation by cardiac magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging
confirmed the aneurysm and demonstrated a wall thickness of no more than
2 mm.
Treatment and course: Due to the rapid
increase in size in addition to the extremely thin wall diameter the risk of
spontaneous rupture was considered high and the patient was referred to
surgical therapy. Echocardiographic and NMR-findings were confirmed
intraoperatively. The aneurysm was resected and the postoperative progress was
uneventful.
Conclusion: Aneurysms of the apical left
ventricle can result from an underlying HOCM. In case of rapid increase of the
aneurysm, aneurysmectomy should be performed.
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