Congenital left ventricular diverticulum: Multimodality imaging evaluation and literature review

J Saudi Heart Assoc. 2015 Jan;27(1):61-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jsha.2014.07.004. Epub 2014 Jul 24.

Abstract

Congenital ventricular diverticulum is a rare cardiac malformation. We present the case of a 57-year-old man who underwent cardiac catheterization for suspected unstable angina. No coronary artery disease was diagnosed and a left ventricular diverticulum was incidentally found. Coronary CT and cardiac MRI were performed in order to confirm the diagnosis of a muscular type diverticulum and to exclude a post-ischemic aneurysm.

Keywords: Cardiac MRI; Congenital left ventricle diverticulum; Coronary CT; Left ventricular catheterization.