Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Congenital muscular diverticulum of the left ventricular apex

  • Images in Cardiology
  • Published:
The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

We report the incidental finding of a muscular congenital diverticulum of the left ventricular apex in a young adult with AV node reentry tachycardia. The role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the differential diagnosis of this rare cardiac malformation is briefly discussed.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

Similar content being viewed by others

Conflict of interest

None.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Imaging Departments, Hospital da Luz, Avenida Lusíada, 100, 1500-650, Lisbon, Portugal

    António Miguel Ferreira, Hugo Café, Katya Reis Santos, Júlia Toste & Hugo Marques

Authors
  1. António Miguel Ferreira
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Hugo Café
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Katya Reis Santos
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Júlia Toste
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Hugo Marques
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to António Miguel Ferreira.

Electronic supplementary material

Below is the link to the electronic supplementary material.

10554_2014_396_MOESM1_ESM.mpg

Supplementary material 1 (MPG 560 kb) Movie 1 Steady-state free precession cine images in 2, 3 and 4 chamber views depicting the apical outpouching with preserved contractility

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Ferreira, A.M., Café, H., Santos, K.R. et al. Congenital muscular diverticulum of the left ventricular apex. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 30, 783–784 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-014-0396-x

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-014-0396-x

Keywords

Search

Navigation