Isolated congenital left ventricular diverticulum in an elderly patient that was identified because of an incidental finding during a complete medical checkup
| Autor: | Nobuo Fukuda, Satofumi Morishita, Yamato Fukuda, Yoshiyuki Tamura, Hisanori Shinohara, Koichi Sakabe, Teru Nada, Katsunori Wakayama |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Congenital malformations Computed tomography Congenital left ventricular diverticulum Asymptomatic Internal medicine cardiovascular system Cardiology Medicine Radiology Left ventricular diverticulum medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Elderly patient Cardiac catheterization |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Cardiology. 125:e30-e33 |
| ISSN: | 0167-5273 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.04.106 |
| Popis: | Congenital left ventricular diverticulum is a rare cardiac malformation in an elderly patient. It frequently is associated with other cardiac or non-cardiac congenital malformations. We present an asymptomatic elderly patient, evaluated because of an incidental finding of a left ventricular anatomic change on chest computed tomography during a complete medical checkup. The diagnosis of isolated congenital left ventricular diverticulum was confirmed by echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. With the general use of a complete medical checkup, the incidental findings of patients with isolated congenital left ventricular diverticulum might increase, which might allow for a valid estimation of the morbidity and mortality of these patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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