title: Isolated Aneurysms of the Membranous Ventricular Septum Without Residual Shunts: Systematic Review and Description of 3 Cases in Adults.
abstract: A ventricular septal defect is the most common congenital cardiac abnormality encountered in infants and children. Many of them survive through adulthood before diagnosis. Two-thirds of the cases involve the membranous part of the septum. In the absence of an interventricular shunt or concomitant cardiac surgery, guidelines for surgical intervention or resection of isolated aneurysms of the membranous septum are not well established. In this report, we discuss a multi-imaging modality approach for the diagnosis and assessment of membranous ventricular septal aneurysms and review the experts' consensuses for follow-up and treatment strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA.|Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Toledo Health Science Campus, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdul Jabbar
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mufti
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mazur
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Dayton VA Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Muhammad Bilal
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Quraishi
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Bal K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Dayton VA Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tivakaran
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D054088:Ventricular Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: adult congenital heart disease; advanced cardiac imaging; echocardiography; ventricular membranous septal aneurysms; ventricular septal defect