title: Left ventricular inferoapical diverticulum associated with normal coronary arteries.
abstract: Isolated congenital left ventricular (LV) diverticulum, which is characterized by the local failure of the ventricular muscle, is a rare cardiac abnormality with a reported prevalence of 0.4%. Clinically, it has been reported to follow an asymptomatic course in the majority of cases; however, it may cause heart failure, thrombus formation, arrhythmia, rupture or chest pain in some patients. Due to its asymptomatic course, it is difficult to diagnose an isolated LV diverticulum. Our patient was admitted to hospital with the complaint of typical chest pain and no any electrocardiogram ischemic changes. Transthoracic echocardiogram showed a diverticulum in the inferoapical wall. Coronary computed tomography angiography was performed, which revealed LV diverticulum at inferoapical region and normal coronary anatomy.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. asklepion2009@yahoo.com.
authors: Hüseyin
authors: H
authors: Göksülük
authors: Department of Cardiology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Özgür Ulaş
authors: ÖU
authors: Özcan
authors: Department of Radiology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Çağlar
authors: Ç
authors: Uzun
authors: Department of Cardiology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Sibel
authors: S
authors: Turhan
authors: Department of Cardiology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Eralp
authors: E
authors: Tutar
mesh_terms: D002637:Chest Pain; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging