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Isolated Aneurysms of the Membranous Ventricular Septum Without Residual Shunts: Systematic Review and Description of 3 Cases in Adults |
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| Authors: | Ali Abdul Jabbar MD Omar Mufti MD Wojciech Mazur MD Muhammad Bilal Quraishi MD Bal K. Srivastava MD Vijay Tivakaran DO |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA;2. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Toledo Health Science Campus, Toledo, Ohio, USA;3. Department of Cardiology, Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA;4. Department of Cardiology, Dayton VA Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio, USA |
| Abstract: | A ventricular septal defect is the most common congenital cardiac abnormality encountered in infants and children. Many of them survive through adulthood before diagnosis. Two‐thirds of the cases involve the membranous part of the septum. In the absence of an interventricular shunt or concomitant cardiac surgery, guidelines for surgical intervention or resection of isolated aneurysms of the membranous septum are not well established. In this report, we discuss a multi–imaging modality approach for the diagnosis and assessment of membranous ventricular septal aneurysms and review the experts' consensuses for follow‐up and treatment strategies. |
| Keywords: | adult congenital heart disease advanced cardiac imaging echocardiography ventricular membranous septal aneurysms ventricular septal defect |