title: Congenital ventricular aneurysm as an unexpected complication of monomorphic premature ventricular contractions.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokushima Graduate School of Health Biosciences. syagi@clin.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shusuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akaike
authors.forename: Mitsunori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujimura
authors.forename: Takehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishiuchi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwase
authors.forename: Ken-Ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aihara
authors.forename: Sumiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sumitomo-Ueda
authors.forename: Kenya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kusunose
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niki
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Kunihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koshiba
authors.forename: Yoichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Munkhbaatar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dagvasumberel
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taketani
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: Hirotsugu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soeki
authors.forename: Tetsuzo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wakatsuki
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sata
mesh_terms: 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*