Double outlet right ventricle demonstrated by multislice computed tomography

Int J Cardiol. 2007 Oct 1;121(2):218-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.108. Epub 2006 Nov 28.

Abstract

A 60 year-old male presented with abnormal systolic heart murmur. Transthoracic echocardiogram revealed right ventricular (RV) hypertrophy and mosaic jet in the RV outflow tract. RV catheterization revealed significantly pressure gradient between the RV and the pulmonary artery. Enhance ECG-gated multislice CT was performed and an axial source image in end-diastole revealed RV myocardial hypertrophy and remarkable hypertrophy of the moderator band. Multiplanar reconstruction images in end-systole revealed hypertrophic anomalous muscle bundles in the RV and significant narrowing of the RV outflow tracts and a post-stenotic dilated pulmonary trunk. In volume rendered images, in end-systole, the lumen of RV outflow tract revealed severe stenosis compared with that in end-diastole and he was diagnosed with double chamber RV.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Double Outlet Right Ventricle / diagnostic imaging*
  • Double Outlet Right Ventricle / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed / methods*