Key result
Surgical resection manages congenital LV diverticulum presenting with cardiac arrhythmia.
Why the study?
Congenital left ventricular diverticula are rare cardiac malformations that can cause life-threatening complications including ventricular arrhythmias, but their diagnosis and treatment strategies are not well characterized.
Case Report (n=2)
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Congenital left ventricular diverticulum is a rare malformation that can present with life-threatening arrhythmias requiring surgical resection.
Congenital left ventricular diverticula are rare cardiac malformations that usually remain asymptomatic. However, life-threatening complications as ventricular arrhythmias, systemic embolism, spontaneous rupture and development of valvular regurgitation, are described. Diagnosis is based on excluding coronary artery disease, traumatic or inflammatory causes, and other underlying cardiomyopathies. Treatment is directed towards the potential complications, yielding mainly therapy of ventricular arrhythmia. Surgical resection is required for larger-sized congenital aneurysms with adverse hemodynamic effects. We present two cases of a left ventricular diverticulum causing cardiac arrhythmia which led to further surgical treatment.
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Claus et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Congenital left ventricular diverticulum causing cardiac arrhythmia (n=2). Surgical treatment was evaluated. Surgical treatment was performed in two cases of congenital left ventricular diverticulum presenting with cardiac arrhythmia.
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