The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Table of Contents Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 58(6): 374-376DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250026 Case Reports © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York Isolated Congenital Left Ventricular Diverticulum Q. Feng1 , J.-X. He2 , C.-Y. Ni1 , Y.-M. Ni1 1Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China 2Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Treatment Center, Lihuili Hospital, Hangzhou, China Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article All articles of this category Abstract Isolated congenital left ventricular diverticulum is a rare malformation and fewer than 50 cases have been reported to date. We report here on a patient with the symptoms of atypical chest pain and distress, who had a successful surgical intervention for this malformation. Key words Cardiovascular surgery - heart disease - congenital heart disease Full Text References References 1 Lee W J, Chen S J, Wang T D. Right ventricular diverticula. Am J Roentgenol. 2008; 190 (2) W170 2 Ohlow M A, Secknus M A, Geller J C et al. Prevalence and outcome of congenital left ventricular aneurysms and diverticula in an adult population. Cardiology. 2009; 112 (4) 287-293 3 Roche R, Long J L, Bitar G et al. Myocardial diverticulum of the left ventricle: review of the literature apropos of a case. Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 1996; 45 (2) 68-70 4 Duncan A W, Mawson J B, Duncan W J. Left ventricular diverticulum in an infant with pentalogy of Cantrell. Cardiol Young. 2008; 18 (3) 355 5 Albrecht G. Morphology and formal etiology of congenital heart diverticula. Zentralbl Allg Pathol. 1972; 116 (1) 42-47 6 Calderón J, Azuara H, Osornio A et al. Congenital ventricular diverticula: presentation of 6 cases. Arch Inst Cardiol Mex. 1989; 59 (4) 383-388 7 Cianciulli T F, Del Carmen Gonzalez Colaso P, Saccheri M C et al. Left ventricular diverticulum, a rare echocardiographic finding: two adult patients and review of the literature. Cardiol J. 2009; 16 (1) 76-81 8 Duran C, Kantarci M, Karaman K. Isolated left ventricular diverticulum in an adult: dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI findings. Anadolu Kardiyol Derg. 2005; 5 (1) 85-86 9 Bire F, Rouxel M F, Chevalier J M et al. Congenital left ventricular aneurysms and diverticula: two case reports. Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 1999; 48 (1) 13-15 10 Paz Y, Fridman E, Shakalia F M et al. Repair of an isolated huge congenital left ventricular diverticulum. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004; 128 (2) 313-314 11 Sakiyalak P, Slisatkorn W, Sriyoschati S. Repair of an isolated congenital left ventricular diverticulum. J Card Surg. 2008; 23 (6) 759-761 12 Inoue T, Arimitsu K, Honda S et al. A case of isolated congenital left ventricular diverticulum. Nippon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi. 1993; 41 (3) 467-473 Jin-Xian He Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryNingbo Medical Treatment Center Lihuili Hospital No. 57, Xingning Road Ningbo 315040 China Phone: +86 5 74 87 01 86 53 Fax: +86 5 74 87 01 86 53 Email: hejinxian@163.com
