Left ventricular diverticulum repair in a newborn.
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.
Rastan
A J
AJ
Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. vera.ardawan.rastan@t-online.de
Walther
T
T
Daehnert
I
I
Mohr
F W
FW
Kostelka
M
M
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