• Title of article

    Congenital Left Ventricular Diverticulum Associated with ASD, VSD, and Epigastric Hernia

  • Author/Authors

    Shahmohammadi، Ali Akbar نويسنده , , Givtaj، Nader نويسنده , , Dalili، Seyed Mohammad نويسنده Shaheed Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Tehran, Iran. , , Ghaffari ، Rahman نويسنده Department of Cardiac Surgery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. ,

  • Issue Information
    فصلنامه با شماره پیاپی 0 سال 2008
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    229
  • To page
    232
  • Abstract
    Congenital left ventricular diverticulum is a rare cardiac malformation. Two categories of congenital ventricular diverticu-lum have identified with regard to their localization: apical and non-apical. Apical diverticula are always associated with midline thoraco-abdominal defects and other heart malformations. Non-apical diverticula are always isolated defects. Diagnosis is established by imaging studies such as echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, or left ventricular angiography. Mode of treatment has to be individually tailored and depends on clinical presentation, accompanying abnormalities, and possible complications. We report a 10-month-old girl with left ventricular apical diverticulum, large atrial septal defect, two small muscular ventricular septal defects, and pulmonary hypertension, associated with epigastric hernia. This patient underwent total surgical repair for intra-cardiac defects as well as diverticular resection.
  • Journal title
    The Journal of Tehran University Heart Center (JTHC)
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    The Journal of Tehran University Heart Center (JTHC)
  • Record number

    1985036