Congenital muscular diverticulum of the left ventricular apex

António Miguel Ferreira; Hugo Café; Katya Reis Santos; Júlia Toste; Hugo Marques

doi:10.1007/s10554-014-0396-x

Congenital muscular diverticulum of the left ventricular apex

Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Apr;30(4):783-4. doi: 10.1007/s10554-014-0396-x. Epub 2014 Mar 7.

Authors

António Miguel Ferreira¹, Hugo Café, Katya Reis Santos, Júlia Toste, Hugo Marques

Affiliation

¹ Cardiology and Cardiovascular Imaging Departments, Hospital da Luz, Avenida Lusíada, 100, 1500-650, Lisbon, Portugal, miguelferreira.md@sapo.pt.

PMID: 24604132
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-014-0396-x

Abstract

We report the incidental finding of a muscular congenital diverticulum of the left ventricular apex in a young adult with AV node reentry tachycardia. The role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the differential diagnosis of this rare cardiac malformation is briefly discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Diverticulum / congenital*
Diverticulum / diagnosis
Heart Defects, Congenital* / diagnosis
Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
Humans
Incidental Findings
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Predictive Value of Tests