title: A congenital isolated left ventricular apical diverticulum simulating a tako-tsubo.
abstract: Left ventricular diverticulum is a rare congenital anomaly of which the incidence was reported to be 0.26%. Diverticula are usually localized near the apex and most often involve the inferior or anterior parietal walls of the left ventricle. In this report, we describe a rare case of congenital isolated left ventricular apical diverticulum, which was tako-tsubo-like in systole, "dumbbell-like" the whole left ventricle, diagnosed by angiography and magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050000, China.
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yong-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D004240:Diverticulum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged