Congenital ventricular aneurysm as an unexpected complication of monomorphic premature ventricular contractions.
Congenital ventricular diverticulum (CVD) in adults is a rare cardiac malformation, which includes fibrous type congenital ventricular aneurysm (CVA). CVA is often clinically asymptomatic and shows no abnormality in the electrocardiogram or chest X-ray. However, some cases of sudden death resulting from ventricular tachycardia, cardiac embolism or ventricular rupture have been reported. Therefore, physicians should perform further cardiac imaging studies to detect a CVA if ventricular arrhythmia originating from the left ventricle is observed. Here, we report two successfully followed cases of CVA which were diagnosed from premature ventricular contractions.
Yagi
Shusuke
S
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokushima Graduate School of Health Biosciences. syagi@clin.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp
Akaike
Masashi
M
Fujimura
Mitsunori
M
Kimura
Takehiko
T
Nishiuchi
Takeshi
T
Iwase
Takashi
T
Aihara
Ken-Ichi
K
Yoshida
Sumiko
S
Sumitomo-Ueda
Yuka
Y
Kusunose
Kenya
K
Niki
Toshiyuki
T
Yamaguchi
Koji
K
Koshiba
Kunihiko
K
Hirata
Yoichiro
Y
Dagvasumberel
Munkhbaatar
M
Taketani
Yoshio
Y
Tomita
Noriko
N
Yamada
Hirotsugu
H
Soeki
Takeshi
T
Wakatsuki
Tetsuzo
T
Matsumoto
Toshio
T
Sata
Masataka
M
D000368:Aged; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology; D018879:Ventricular Premature Complexes / Q000209:etiology*