Percutaneous Transcatheter Device Closure of an Isolated Congenital LV Diverticulum: First Case Report
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Siddhant Jain • Rajiv Mahajan • Manoj Kumar Rohit
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
A congenital left ventricular diverticulum is a rare cardiac malformation. It is a developmental anomaly that occurs during embryogenesis. Presentations vary from asymptomatic patients to sudden death. To date, the treatment described has been surgical correction. The authors report the first transcatheter closure of an isolated congenital left ventricular diverticulum in a 12-year-old symptomatic girl.
Pediatr Cardiol DOI 10.1007/s00246-011-9998-4 Received: 3 July 2010 / Accepted: 7 April 2011
