Congenital Ventricular Diverticulum
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 card...
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| author | Carmelo Massimiliano Rao Fabiana Lucà Claudio Franzutti Giuseppe Scappatura Nicola Arcadi Pasquale Fratto Francesco Antonio Benedetto Sandro Gelsomino |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55aa685784ad4abb9e0b88f0a84730ee2023-11-17T23:11:24ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832023-04-01129315310.3390/jcm12093153Congenital Ventricular DiverticulumCarmelo Massimiliano Rao0Fabiana Lucà1Claudio Franzutti2Giuseppe Scappatura3Nicola Arcadi4Pasquale Fratto5Francesco Antonio Benedetto6Sandro Gelsomino7Cardiology Department, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, 89124 Reggio Calabria, ItalyCardiology Department, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, 89124 Reggio Calabria, ItalyComplex Operative Unit Radiology, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, 89124 Reggio Calabria, ItalyComplex Operative Unit Radiology, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, 89124 Reggio Calabria, ItalyComplex Operative Unit Radiology, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, 89124 Reggio Calabria, ItalyCardio Thoraco Vascular Department, Cardiac Center, Great Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, ItalyCardiology Department, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, 89124 Reggio Calabria, ItalyDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Maastricht University, 6211 LK Maastrich, The NetherlandsHerein, 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.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/9/3153congenital ventricular diverticulum (CVD)congenital cardiac disorderre-entrant ventricular tachycardias (VT)cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) |
| spellingShingle | Carmelo Massimiliano Rao Fabiana Lucà Claudio Franzutti Giuseppe Scappatura Nicola Arcadi Pasquale Fratto Francesco Antonio Benedetto Sandro Gelsomino Congenital Ventricular Diverticulum Journal of Clinical Medicine congenital ventricular diverticulum (CVD) congenital cardiac disorder re-entrant ventricular tachycardias (VT) cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) |
| title | Congenital Ventricular Diverticulum |
| title_full | Congenital Ventricular Diverticulum |
| title_fullStr | Congenital Ventricular Diverticulum |
| title_full_unstemmed | Congenital Ventricular Diverticulum |
| title_short | Congenital Ventricular Diverticulum |
| title_sort | congenital ventricular diverticulum |
| topic | congenital ventricular diverticulum (CVD) congenital cardiac disorder re-entrant ventricular tachycardias (VT) cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/9/3153 |
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