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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">CC</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Cardiol Croat</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Cardiologia Croatica</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Cardiol. Croat.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="ppub">1848-543X</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">1848-5448</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Croatian Cardiac Society</publisher-name></publisher>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">CC_12(4)_159</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15836/ccar2017.159</article-id>
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<article-title>Membranous ventricular septal aneurysm &#x2013; incidental discovery or supstrate for atypical chest discomfort? Case report</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1864-3314</contrib-id><name><surname>Dalmatin</surname><given-names>Rina</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8359-3910</contrib-id><name><surname>Jurjevi&#x0107;</surname><given-names>Teodora Zaninovi&#x0107;</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9415-9618</contrib-id><name><surname>Zaputovi&#x0107;</surname><given-names>Luka</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5031-2975</contrib-id><name><surname>Ru&#x017E;i&#x0107;</surname><given-names>Alen</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib>
<aff id="aff1"><label>1</label><institution>Pula General Hospital</institution>, <addr-line>Pula</addr-line>, <country>Croatia</country></aff>
<aff id="aff2"><label>2</label>University of Rijeka School of Medicine, <institution>University Hospital Centre Rijeka</institution>, <addr-line>Rijeka</addr-line>, <country>Croatia</country></aff>
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<corresp id="cor1">Address for correspondence: Rina Dalmatin, Op&#x0107;a bolnica Pula, Zagreba&#x010D;ka 30, HR-52100 Pula, Croatia. &#x2028;Phone: +385-98-981-6480 / E-mail: <email xlink:href="rina.dalmatin@gmail.com">rina.dalmatin@gmail.com</email></corresp></author-notes>
<pub-date pub-type="epub-ppub"><month>04</month><year>2017</year></pub-date>
<volume>12</volume>
<issue>4</issue>
<fpage>159</fpage>
<lpage>159</lpage>
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<date date-type="received"><day>11</day><month>03</month><year>2017</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>06</day><month>04</month><year>2017</year></date>
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<copyright-year>2017</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>Croatian Cardiac Society</copyright-holder>
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<kwd-group kwd-group-type="author"><title>Keywords: </title><kwd>membranous interventricular septum</kwd><kwd>ventricular septal defect</kwd><kwd>stroke</kwd></kwd-group>
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<p><bold>Introduction</bold>: Aneurysm of membranous interventricular septum is a rare cardiac abnormality and the prevalence is not known. It can be isolated but is usually associated with congenital heart disease, most often with ventricular septal defect. Most patients are asymptomatic but special caution should be taken in considering potential risk. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="r1"><italic>1</italic></xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="r2"><italic>2</italic></xref>)</p>
<p><bold>Case report:</bold> 58-year-old female is coming because she had chest pressure with discomfort in back, fatigue and weakness. The blood pressure was 140/80 mmHg, heart rate of 80 beats/min and no heart murmur were discovered by clinical examination. Electrocardiography showed sinus rhythm, normal axis and right bundle branch block. The transthoracic echocardiogram discovered and the transesophageal confirmed the aneurysm of the membranous intraventricular septum without septal defects, pathological flows or intracavital masses.</p>
<p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> Aneurysm of membranous interventricular septum is occasional cardiac abnormality and the patients are often asymptomatic. Transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, CT and MR imaging are methods of choice for diagnosis of VSA aneurysm. Patients with VSA have risk of thrombus formation and stroke, ventricular tachycardia and AV block, aortic insufficiency, intracardiac shunts, ruptures and endocarditis.</p>
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