Isolated left ventricle diverticula: a possible cause of atypical angina?

J Thorac Imaging

Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5.

Published: February 2010

A 49-year-old woman with atypical chest pain was referred for a multidetector computed tomography examination of the coronary arteries after a positive electrocardiography stress test. No coronary atherosclerotic disease was observed on the coronary computed tomography scan. The only findings were 2 side-by-side basal left ventricle diverticula, suggested as a possible etiology for her symptoms and electrocardiographic changes. The entity, congenital left ventricle diverticulum, is reviewed.

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