Affiliation:
1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University , Chengdu, China
Abstract
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.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,General Medicine,Surgery