Long-term follow-up of a true contractile left ventricular diverticulum

R A Archbold; N M Robinson; P G Mills

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(98)01003-0

Long-term follow-up of a true contractile left ventricular diverticulum

Am J Cardiol. 1999 Mar 1;83(5):810-3, A11. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)01003-0.

Authors

R A Archbold¹, N M Robinson, P G Mills

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, London Chest Hospital, United Kingdom.

PMID: 10080450
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)01003-0

Abstract

The natural history of contractile left ventricular diverticulum in the adult is not known. Serial left ventricular angiography in an adult revealed that a left ventricular diverticulum did not increase in size over a 13-year period, suggesting that the clinical course may be benign.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging*
Cardiomyopathies / physiopathology
Coronary Angiography
Diverticulum / diagnostic imaging*
Diverticulum / physiopathology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
Humans
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / physiopathology
Longitudinal Studies
Myocardial Contraction