title: Isolated congenital left ventricular diverticulum.
abstract: Isolated congenital left ventricular diverticulum is a rare malformation and fewer than 50 cases have been reported to date. We report here on a patient with the symptoms of atypical chest pain and distress, who had a successful surgical intervention for this malformation.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: J-X
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: C-Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Y-M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Ni
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography