Population
57-year-old man with suspected unstable angina and incidentally found left ventricular diverticulum
Design
Case_report
Key result
Multimodality imaging with coronary CT and cardiac MRI successfully characterized an incidentally discovered congenital left ventricular diverticulum, differentiating it from a post-ischemic aneurysm.
Authors
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Incidental muscular LV diverticulum requires multimodality imaging to exclude aneurysm; leaves open natural history and management data in adults.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Multimodality imaging with coronary CT and cardiac MRI is effective for characterizing rare congenital left ventricular diverticula and differentiating them from post-ischemic aneurysms.
Romagnoli et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Congenital left ventricular diverticulum (n=1). Multimodality imaging (Coronary CT and Cardiac MRI) was evaluated. Multimodality imaging with coronary CT and cardiac MRI successfully characterized an incidentally discovered congenital left ventricular diverticulum, differentiating it from a post-ischemic aneurysm.