Surgical excision of a congenital left ventricular diverticulum complicated by cardioembolic stroke resulted in full recovery of left ventricular ejection fraction to 60% at 6 months.
Case Report (n=1)
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Congenital left ventricular diverticulum is a rare cause of stroke in young patients and should be resected if complicated by thrombus formation.
•Congenital LVD is a rare cause of stroke in young patients.•LVD results from replacing myocardium with fibrous or muscular tissue.•Diverticulum and pseudoaneurysm are in the differential diagnosis of LV outpouching.•LVD forms a cavity that communicates with the LV through a short neck.•LVDs that result in thrombus formation and stroke should be resected.
Daaboul et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Congenital Left Ventricular Diverticulum (n=1). Surgical excision and patch repair was evaluated on Clinical and echocardiographic recovery. Surgical excision of a congenital left ventricular diverticulum complicated by cardioembolic stroke resulted in full recovery of left ventricular ejection fraction to 60% at 6 months.