title: Congenital muscular diverticulum of the left ventricular apex.
abstract: We report the incidental finding of a muscular congenital diverticulum of the left ventricular apex in a young adult with AV node reentry tachycardia. The role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the differential diagnosis of this rare cardiac malformation is briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Imaging Departments, Hospital da Luz, Avenida Lusíada, 100, 1500-650, Lisbon, Portugal, miguelferreira.md@sapo.pt.
authors.forename: António Miguel
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Café
authors.forename: Katya Reis
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Júlia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Toste
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Marques
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests