A heart within the heart: double-chambered left ventricle

Eur J Echocardiogr. 2008 Sep;9(5):739-41. doi: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen158. Epub 2008 May 7.

Abstract

We describe a rare congenital anomaly in a 49-year-old woman who presented with palpitations and slightly reduced exercise capacity. A double-chambered left ventricle was suspected on echocardiography and confirmed by cardiac computed tomography scanning, cardiac magnet resonance imaging, and invasive angiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography
  • Echocardiography
  • Exercise Tolerance
  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / pathology
  • Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed