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Murine Fetal Echocardiography
Published on: February 15, 2013
A right ventricular diverticulum with a very special cardiac anomaly
Lingyun Song1, Yunfei Ling1, Ke Lin1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Abstract:
Cardiac diverticula are rare congenital anomalies. Among them, right ventricular diverticula are far fewer than left ventricular diverticula. Herein, we write to share an exceedingly rare case of a special right ventricular diverticulum connecting to left ventricle through a tunnel-like structure originating from the membranous ventricular septum. Surgical closure of the origin of the connecting tunnel was performed, while the right ventricular diverticulum was preserved. Postoperative recovering was uneventful.
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