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Double-Chambered Left Ventricle: Unusual Presentation with an Apical Defect in a Thallium Scan in a Middle-Aged,
Hans Rickli1, Christine H. Attenhofer Jost, Johannes T. Locher
1Echocardiography Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, University Hospital, Raemistr. 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Abstract:
A left ventricular apical filling defect was found in a whole-body thallium scan performed for routine follow-up for surgically cured thyroid cancer in a 51-year-old woman. She had no cardiovascular symptoms, and her electrocardiogram at rest and during exercise was unremarkable. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a double-chambered left ventricle. A prominent fibromuscular ridge distal to the papillary muscles was seen dividing the left ventricular cavity into a small apical portion and a large basal portion. There was no significant intraventricular gradient. No treatment was necessary, and the patient has remained asymptomatic in a 4-year follow-up.
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