All cardiac right ventricular outpouches are not created equal

Pediatr Cardiol. 2009 Oct;30(7):954-7. doi: 10.1007/s00246-009-9474-6. Epub 2009 Jun 2.

Abstract

Congenital right ventricular diverticula and aneurysms are rare. Clinically, a diverticulum is difficult to distinguish from an aneurysm. Four diverse right ventricular cameral defects or right ventricular outpouches (RVOs) are described together with the management of each. Surgery may be necessary if an RVO has thin walls. However, if an RVO is composed of uniform thick contractile walls, conservative follow-up care likely is appropriate.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Angiography
  • Diverticulum / congenital*
  • Diverticulum / diagnosis
  • Diverticulum / therapy
  • Female
  • Heart Aneurysm / congenital*
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Heart Aneurysm / therapy
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / therapy*
  • Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pregnancy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / congenital
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / therapy*