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An unusual image: Pacman heart
Author(s) -
Celik Aziz Inan,
Ikikardes Firat,
Karaaslan Muhammed Bugra
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.14052
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , computed tomography , cardiology , myocardial infarction , complication , deformity , radiology , cardiac magnetic resonance , blood pressure
Partial ventricular septal defect ( VSD ) (Pacman heart) is extremely rare heart defect which may be a complication of myocardial infarction or congenital deformity. In this image, a 65‐year‐old male patient admitted with headache and blood pressure dysregulation. Incidentally, transthoracic two‐dimensional echocardiography revealed partial VSD which was ensuingly confirmed in thoracic computed tomography. This is the fourth case in light of current literature. Partial VSD s are clinically silent, which can be diagnosed with echocardiography, computed tomography, or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging modalities.