Left ventricular diverticulum: case report and review of the literature.
We describe two patients with left ventricular diverticula which were seen during routine left ventriculography. The diverticula were probably incidental findings and asymptomatic. A review of the literature to determine associated cardiac and extra-cardiac abnormalities and related morbidity and mortality with emphasis of potential treatment strategies is presented.
Walton-Shirley
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Department of Internal Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky.
Smith
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SM
Talley
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JD
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology