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October 1, 1975Radiology

Congenital Diverticulum of the Right and Left Ventricles

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Key result

An asymptomatic congenital cardiac diverticulum communicated independently with both ventricles without evidence of heart failure, arrhythmia, or mural thrombus, requiring no surgery.

Population

45-year-old man with an asymptomatic congenital cardiac diverticulum

Design

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Authors

GBGeorge T. BandowUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonGRGeorge G. RoweUniversity of Wisconsin SystemACAndrew B. CrummyUniversity of Wisconsin System

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Implication

Conservative management may suffice for asymptomatic biventricular diverticula; extends sparse case reports but leaves standardized approaches open.

Structured PICO

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Population
45-year-old man with an asymptomatic congenital cardiac diverticulum
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Intervention
Right atrial and left ventricular cineangiography
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Outcome
Diagnosis and clinical status

This case report describes a rare asymptomatic congenital cardiac diverticulum communicating with both ventricles that was managed conservatively.

Cite This Study

Bandow et al. (1975) studied this question. An asymptomatic congenital cardiac diverticulum communicated independently with both ventricles without evidence of heart failure, arrhythmia, or mural thrombus, requiring no surgery.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa6c52d50dab972bddd731bhttps://doi.org/10.1148/117.1.19

Topics

Congenital heart disease adults
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