All cardiac right ventricular outpouches are not created equal.
Congenital right ventricular diverticula and aneurysms are rare. Clinically, a diverticulum is difficult to distinguish from an aneurysm. Four diverse right ventricular cameral defects or right ventricular outpouches (RVOs) are described together with the management of each. Surgery may be necessary if an RVO has thin walls. However, if an RVO is composed of uniform thick contractile walls, conservative follow-up care likely is appropriate.
Evans
William
W
Children's Heart Center, Las Vegas, 89109 NV, USA. WNevans50@aol.com
Madrid
Antonio
A
Castillo
William
W
Rollins
Robert
R
Berthoty
Dean P
DP
Starnes
Vaughn
V
Wiencek
Robert
R
Ciccolo
Michael
M
Acherman
Ruben
R
D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*