Congenital Ventricular Diverticulum

Carmelo Massimiliano Rao; Fabiana Luca; Claudio Franzutti; Giuseppe Scappatura; Nicola Arcadi; Pasquale Fratto; Francesco Antonio Benedetto; Sandro Gelsomino

doi:10.3390/jcm12093153

Congenital Ventricular Diverticulum

Carmelo Massimiliano Rao, Fabiana Luca, Claudio Franzutti, Giuseppe Scappatura, Nicola Arcadi, Pasquale Fratto, Francesco Antonio Benedetto, Sandro Gelsomino^*

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Abstract

Herein, we describe a 54-year-old patient with a congenital ventricular diverticulum (CVD), referred to our emergency department for presyncope episodes and multiple re-entrant ventricular tachycardias (VT). Significantly, echocardiographic findings were not clear, and the diagnosis was made by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI), which showed the presence of an apical accessory cavity connected to the ventricle and contracting synchronously. CMRI allowed the differential diagnosis with other outpouching cardiac defects. The patient underwent a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD) implant and was referred for heart transplantation (HT). The diagnosis, treatment, and main findings of the CVD are discussed in this case report.

Original language	English
Article number	3153
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Clinical Medicine
Volume	12
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12093153
Publication status	Published - 27 Apr 2023

Keywords

congenital ventricular diverticulum (CVD)
congenital cardiac disorder
re-entrant ventricular tachycardias (VT)
cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
CHAMBERED LEFT-VENTRICLE

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