Ventricular diverticula on cardiac CT: more common than previously thought.
OBJECTIVE
We describe the findings of contrast-enhanced gated cardiac CT in 15 patients with 23 incidentally noted cardiac ventricular diverticula.


CONCLUSIONS
Cardiac diverticula most commonly occur in the left ventricle but have been reported to occur in all chambers of the heart. Despite reports of their rare occurrence, cardiac ventricular diverticula are fairly common findings in patients undergoing cardiac MDCT angiography.
Srichai
Monvadi B
MB
Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, 530 First Ave., HCC-C48, New York, NY 10016, USA. srichai@alum.mit.edu
Hecht
Elizabeth M
EM
Kim
Danny C
DC
Jacobs
Jill E
JE
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*