Left ventricular diverticulum: incidental finding of a rare congenital cardiac abnormality
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Congenital left ventricular diverticulum in an adult.
A previously healthy 43-year-old woman presentedwithatypical chest discomfort. On physical examination, no abnormal findings were obtained. The electrocardiogram was not suggestive of ischaemia. Echocardiography revealed an aneurysm extending from the left ventricular posterior wall (Panel C). This pouch showed paradoxical contraction with a relatively thin wall. No thrombus was seen in the lef...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1478-2715,2042-8189
DOI: 10.4997/jrcpe.2020.220