title: Isolated right ventricular apical hypoplasia characterized by computed tomography and echocardiography.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan410011, China.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6895-9651
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan410011, China.
authors.forename: Hai-Qin
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan410011, China.
authors.forename: Min-Zhi
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan410011, China.
authors.forename: Quan-Liang
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan410011, China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: congenital heart disease; echocardiography; right ventricle