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Isolated right ventricular apical hypoplasia characterized by computed tomography and echocardiography
Dan Zhou1, Hai-Qin Liao1, Min-Zhi Ouyang1
1Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan410011, China.
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.