Echocardiographic diagnosis of double-chambered left ventricle.
Double-chambered left ventricle (DCLV) is a rare congenital abnormality in which the left ventricle is divided into two separate chambers by a septum or anomalous muscular structure. The chambers are observed mostly parallel to each other without stenosis, and less frequently in a superior-inferior arrangement. An asymptomatic girl is presented here who was diagnosed with DCLV on echocardiographic examination that was performed for the evaluation of cardiac murmur detected by a pediatrician. She has been followed up without treatment.
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, 21100 Sur, Diyarbakir, Turkey. drmekibilici@hotmail.com.
Meki
M
Bilici
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, 21100 Sur, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Fikri
F
Demir
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, 21100 Sur, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Alper
A
Akın
Department of Anesthesiology, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Abdülmenap
A
Güzel
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Diyarbakir Children's Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Osman
O
Akdeniz
Department of Pediatrics, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
İlhan
İ
Tan
D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans
Children; Diagnosis; Double-chambered left ventricle; Echocardiography