title: Inferior wall diverticulum of left ventricle coexisting with mental retardation and atrial septal defect.
abstract: We report a case of congenital inferior wall left ventricular diverticulum (LVD), atrial septal defect and mental retardation detected by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography. The combination of three features strongly suggests that genetic factors play important role in the pathogenesis of the disorder. Most LVDs are asymptomatic. Echocardiographers and cardiac anesthesiologists should be aware of this anomaly, and include it in the differential diagnosis of abnormally shaped ventricular wall and seek other congenital abnormalities if LVD is detected.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, Tulane University Hospitals & Clinics, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. henryliula@gmail.com
authors: Henry
authors: H
authors: Liu
authors: Ting
authors: T
authors: Zhou
authors: Jiao
authors: J
authors: Liu
authors: Yiru
authors: Y
authors: Tong
authors: Jack S
authors: JS
authors: Shanewise
mesh_terms: D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged