Right atrial diverticulum and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

I Vilacosta; J A San Román; A Camino; J Zamorano; F Javier Cortés; L Sánchez Harguindey

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/14.5.721

Right atrial diverticulum and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Eur Heart J. 1993 May;14(5):721-2. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/14.5.721.

Authors

I Vilacosta¹, J A San Román, A Camino, J Zamorano, F Javier Cortés, L Sánchez Harguindey

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario de San Carlos, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 8508868
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/14.5.721

Abstract

This report describes the case of a young man with a right atrial diverticulum and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who died suddenly. The relationship of congenital diverticulosis of the heart with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / pathology*
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / pathology*
Diverticulum / congenital
Diverticulum / pathology*
Heart Atria / abnormalities
Heart Atria / pathology*
Heart Defects, Congenital / pathology*
Heart Septum / pathology
Humans
Male