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. 1986 Oct;56(4):380–384. doi: 10.1136/hrt.56.4.380

Congenital diverticulum of the heart arising from the coronary sinus.

E Di Segni, A Siegal, M Katzenstein
PMCID: PMC1236875  PMID: 3094566

Abstract

A diverticulum originating from the coronary sinus was diagnosed by echocardiography in a two day old baby with hypoplastic left heart. At necropsy the diverticulum was seen to arise from the coronary sinus and it penetrated the right ventricular posterior wall.

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