Right heart dilatation in adults: congenital causes.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to illustrate the common congenital cardiac lesions that are characterized by right-sided heart enlargement that may be seen on routine thoracic or cardiac imaging.


CONCLUSIONS
A systematic approach to the evaluation of the right heart and an understanding of the congenital abnormalities causing right chamber enlargement will allow the radiologist to diagnose unsuspected cardiac abnormalities on routine clinical thoracic and cardiac imaging as well as accurately identify these defects on dedicated cardiac CT or MRI examinations.
Cook
Amanda L
AL
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Hurwitz
Lynne M
LM
Valente
Anne Marie
AM
Herlong
J René
JR
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D017380:Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000175:diagnosis*