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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:1421-1423
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Case Reports

Repair of left ventricular diverticulum with ventricular bigeminy in an infant

^a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, Japan
^b Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, Japan

Accepted for publication April 28, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Dr Kawata, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, 840 Murodocho, Izumi City, Osaka 594-1101, Japan

Surgical repair of left ventricular diverticulum usually is not required in infancy even though it combines with other anomalies. In addition to prevention of rupture of the diverticulum and thrombus formation, treatment of combined ventricular tachycardia is thought to be an indication for resection of the diverticulum. We describe a successful repair performed by excising the isolated left ventricular diverticulum under cardiopulmonary bypass in a 9-day-old infant. The combined ventricular bigeminy has disappeared 9 months after the operation.

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