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- Title
Multimodality cardiac imaging of a double chambered right ventricle with intrapulmonary shunting: a case report.
- Authors
Lan-Chau Kha; Cassano-Bailey, Alessandra; Cleverley, Kelby; Sud, Maneesh; Strzelczyk, Jacek; Jassal, Davinder S.
- Abstract
Background: Double chambered right ventricle (DCRV) is a relatively rare congenital heart disease, characterized by the abnormal division of the right ventricle into a high-pressure inlet and low-pressure outlet by anomalous muscle bundles. Extra-cardiac right-to-left shunts may present with clinical symptoms in adulthood and should be sought in patients with previous cavo-pulmonary shunt procedures. Case presentation: We report a case of DCRV in a 29 year old Caucasian male presenting in adulthood with a right-to-left shunt secondary to venous collaterals, following cavopulmonary anastomosis for congenital pulmonary atresia and hypoplastic right ventricle. Conclusion: Multimodality cardiac imaging using echocardiography, cardiac CT, cardiac MRI and cardiac catheterization is often required for complete characterization of complex congenital heart anomalies in adulthood.
- Subjects
RIGHT heart ventricle; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CATHETERIZATION; HEART diseases
- Publication
BMC Research Notes, 2012, Vol 5, Issue 1, p516
- ISSN
1756-0500
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1186/1756-0500-5-516