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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2010; 20(03): 211-214
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.69356
Cardiac

Case series: Congenital left ventricular diverticulum

Dharita Shah
Department of Radio-Diagnosis, Seth Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad - 380 016, Gujarat, India
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C Kumar Kumar
Department of Radio-Diagnosis, Seth Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad - 380 016, Gujarat, India
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Mukesh S Shah
Department of Radio-Diagnosis, Seth Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad - 380 016, Gujarat, India
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Mihir Baraiya
Department of Radio-Diagnosis, Seth Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad - 380 016, Gujarat, India
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Abstract

Congenital left ventricular diverticulum is a rare cardiac malformation characterized by a localized outpouching from the cardiac chamber. The patient is usually asymptomatic. However, complications like embolism, infective endocarditis, arrhythmia and, rarely, rupture can be the initial presentation. Diagnosis can be established by USG, echocardiography, CT angiography, and MRI. We report here two neonates with congenital left ventricular apical diverticulum associated with epigastric hernia.

Keywords

Left ventricular diverticulum - Cantrell’s pentalogy - CT angiography


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02 August 2021

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