title: [Biventricular diverticulosis associated with rheumatic heart disease: apropos of a case].
abstract: We report a case of a 58-year-old woman with rheumatic mitral stenosis scheduled for percutaneous valvuloplasty. Prior left and right ventricular angiograms showed multiple diverticula at left ventricular apical and diaphragmatic walls and right ventricular diaphragmatic wall. Chest x-ray and echocardiogram were normal. Magnetic resonance imaging was concordant with catheterization findings and ruled out other cardiac malformations. The risk of ventricular perforation changed our indication of percutaneous valvuloplasty in favor of open heart commissurotomy.
authors.affiliation: Unidad Médico-Quirúrgica de Cardiología, Hospital La Paz, Madrid.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fuertes Beneitez
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Merino Llorens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiménez Borreguero
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maté Benito
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sobrino Daza
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: García de Vinuesa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Robles
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galeote
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sobrino Daza
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery