title: Congenital left ventricular diverticulum, a rare chest fluoroscopy finding: a case report.
abstract: Congenital left ventricular diverticulum is a very rare cardiac abnormality and it is not completely understood about its etiology, clinical manifestation, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. This article presents a case of large congenital diverticulum of the left ventricle. The clinical manifestation included paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. The diagnosis was made by chest fluoroscopy observation and confirmed by 64-slice CT-angiography. The arrhythmia alleviated instead of antiarrhythmic drugs but by radiofrequency catheter ablation. Due to the rapid growth of the diverticulum, the patient underwent surgical resection finally. Owing to the fatal risks, clinicians should improve the understanding of this disease by deeply studying more cases, in order to standardize the treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, China. hbwu2008@163.com
authors.forename: Zhi-Wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hong-Bing
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhi-Fu
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Xiao-Ping
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D055815:Young Adult