Sudden perinatal death due to rupture of congenital cardiac diverticulum. pathological findings and medico-legal investigations in malpractice charge

Congenital diverticoli of the left ventricle, defined as protrusions of the free wall [1], are cardiac abnormalities with a fibrous or muscular [2] structure, very rare [3 –9], often undetected during instrumental investigations and therefore lately identified [3]. Their sudden rupture is associated to high rates of morbidity and mortality [10], leading affected patients to unexpected death [5,10]. Most of the times these malformations are located to the left ventri cle [11], even though they can be found in every cardiac district (diverticulosis) [12].
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