title: Persisting myocardial sinusoids of both ventricles as an isolated anomaly: echocardiographic, angiographic, and pathologic anatomical findings.
abstract: The persistence of myocardial sinusoids in both ventricles as an isolated anomaly is described. A 21-year-old patient had progressive heart failure considered as cardiomyopathy of obscure etiology. Two-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated channel-like structures in the thickened myocardium of both hypokinetic ventricles. Angiography showed a honeycomblike inner contour in both ventricles. Autopsy proved the diagnosis of persistent sinusoids in a thickened myocardium.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000790:Angiocardiography; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002932:Cineangiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000473:pathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*