• Annals of Saudi medicine · Nov 2020

    Case Reports

    Two cases of six-chambered hearts.

    • Naseer Choh, Saika Amreen, Amber Bashir, Tariq Gojwari, and Akshit Kumar.
    • From the Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sher i Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
    • Ann Saudi Med. 2020 Nov 1; 40 (6): 496-500.

    AbstractDouble-chambered right ventricles (DCRV) and left ventricles are rare entities on their own. We present two cases with an unusual combination of double-chambered right as well as left ventricles. One was discovered in a 28-year-old female, while the other was found at birth in a female child. The differing nature of both the patient demographics as well as the presentation with a common morphological background is shown on both computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The oldest description of an obstructive muscular band within the right ventricle was given in 1867. In the literature, there is ample description of the long-term prognosis and management guidelines for DCRV, but no inheritance patterns or risk factors have been identified except for associations with septal defects, tetralogy of Fallot and transposition of the great arteries. A combination of both double-sided left as well as right ventricles has been published in literature a few times with little details about management and prognosis. SIMILAR CASES PUBLISHED: Although many cases of DCRV and DCLV have been published, to our knowledge only 3 cases of combined DCRV and DCLV have been published in literature.

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