title: An unfortunate case of subaortic left ventricular diverticulum.
abstract: A 38-year-old man presented with exertional angina of 1-year duration. Treadmill was strongly positive. Coronary angiogram revealed a significant phasic systolic compression of the left main and the proximal left circumflex artery. Echo and MRI revealed a subaortic left ventricle diverticulum causing compression of the coronary vessels. Before the planned surgery, the patient had sudden deterioration with cardiogenic shock and could not be saved.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Saveetha Medical College, Thandalam, Tamil Nadu, India. Electronic address: drvinodhmmc@gmail.com.
authors.forename: P Vinodh
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head of the Department, Department of Cardiology, Saveetha Medical College, Thandalam, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Asha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moorthy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male
keywords: Coronary artery compression; LV diverticulum; Subaortic