Demonstration of double-chambered right ventricle on myocardial perfusion SPECT

Clin Nucl Med. 1998 Apr;23(4):223-5. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199804000-00006.

Abstract

A 19-year-old man with a double-chambered right ventricle (DCRV) and an associated ventricular septal defect was admitted to the hospital for surgical correction. Preoperative study of myocardial perfusion with Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT depicted the two chambers of the right ventricle. There was a substantial differential in the radioactive uptake between these two chambers. The inflow and outflow chambers with different peak-pressures (94 and 18 mm Hg) showed different uptakes reflecting the pressure difference, which was intense in the inflow chamber and weak in the outflow.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Organophosphorus Compounds
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*

Substances

  • Organophosphorus Compounds
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin