European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on December 7, 2006
European Heart Journal 2007 28(12):1537; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl424
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Congenital left ventricular diverticulum in an adult
1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shonan-Kamakura General Hospital, 1202-1 Yamazaki, Kamakura, Kanagawa 247-8533, Japan
2 Cardiology and Catheterization Laboratories, Shonan-Kamakura General Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
* Corresponding author. Tel: +81 467 46 1717; fax: +81 467 45 0190. E-mail address: masashi@omiya.jichi.ac.jp
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A previously healthy 43-year-old woman presented with atypical chest discomfort. On physical examination, no abnormal findings were obtained. The electrocardiogram was not suggestive of ischaemia. Echocardiography revealed an aneurysm extending from the left ventricular posterior