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[Late development of double-chambered right ventricle after repair of a ventricular septal defect]
Onur Işık1, Muhammet Akyüz1, Mehmet Fatih Ayık1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
Abstract:
Double-chambered right ventricle is a rare heart defect causing right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) obstruction. In this malformation, the right ventricle is divided into two chambers by a fibromuscular band. A 12-year old female patient who had undergone repair of a ventricular septal defect at 5 months old was admitted to our hospital with complaints of dyspnea and fatigue. The patient was diagnosed with an isolated double-chambered right ventricle and surgical correction was successfully performed. Post-operative transesophageal echocardiography showed no residual gradients across the RVOT. Following an uneventful recovery, the patient was discharged five days after surgery.
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