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Isolated right ventricular apical hypoplasia characterized by computed tomography and echocardiography
Author(s) -
Zhou Dan,
Liao HaiQin,
Ouyang MinZhi,
Shang QuanLiang,
Zhang Ming
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22479
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoplasia , cardiology , computed tomography , ultrasound , heart disease , radiology
ABSTRACT Isolated right ventricular apical hypoplasia is an unusual congenital heart disease that has been mentioned in only one report to our knowledge. We describe the case of a 62‐year‐old male patient suffering from recurrent abdominal distention, nausea, and lower extremity edema. The right ventricular morphologic abnormalities as shown by echocardiography and CT were comparable to those of left ventricular apical hypoplasia, suggesting right ventricular apical hypoplasia. However, this speculative diagnosis remains to be confirmed by additional cases. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 46 :82–84, 2018;