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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lee A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7711003 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
CJC open 20200729 6
Ventricular diverticulum is a rare congenital heart defect that is usually found incidentally upon imaging, such as 2-dimensional transthoracic echocardiogram. We report a case in which an isolated right-ventricular diverticulum and a left-ventricular aneurysm were both found on transthoracic echocardiogram in the setting of a pulmonary embolism. This case highlights how to distinguish between an aneurysm and a diverticulum based on wall motion on echocardiogram, as well as potential complicatio ...[more]