title: Left ventricular diverticulum repair in a newborn.
abstract: We report on a male newborn requiring repair of a huge left apical diverticulum leading to progressive heart failure and extensive ventricular arrhythmia. At the age of 11 days, a modified Dor procedure using an autologous endoventricular pericardial patch was performed. Postoperatively, a significant reduction of ventricular extrasystole was evident. One year postoperatively, the infant demonstrates a normal cognitive and somatic development without clinical signs of cardiac failure.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. vera.ardawan.rastan@t-online.de
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rastan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Walther
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Daehnert
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Mohr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kostelka
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male