title: Two-dimensional echocardiographic diagnosis of double outlet left ventricle with subaortic ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, and a hypoplastic left ventricle.
abstract: Double outlet left ventricle (DOLV) is a rare congenital cardiac malformation in which both the pulmonary artery and the aorta arise exclusively or predominantly from the morphologic left ventricle. We describe a case of DOLV with situs solitus, d-loop ventricles, d-malposition of the great arteries (S, D, D), severe pulmonary stenosis, and a subaortic ventricular septal defect in which the left ventricle was also severely hypoplastic. The anatomic features were shown with 2-dimensional echocardiography, and the diagnosis was later confirmed at cardiac catheterization. Many morphologic variations of this malformation have been described but to the our knowledge DOLV with a hypoplastic left ventricle has not been reported before.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. dalehan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Dursun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alehan
authors.forename: Olgu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hallioglu
mesh_terms: D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*