Female Athlete With a Double-Chambered Right Ventricle
A 35-year-old female athlete presented with recent episodes of pre-syncope on exertion while exercising. An isolated double-chambered right ventricle was diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance. This defect typically presents during infancy and/or early childhood,...
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| author | Guiomar Mendieta, MD, MSc Silvia Montserrat, MD, PhD Susanna Prat-Gonzalez, MD, PhD Bàrbara Vidal, MD, PhD Marta Sitges, MD, PhD |
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| description | A 35-year-old female athlete presented with recent episodes of pre-syncope on exertion while exercising. An isolated double-chambered right ventricle was diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance. This defect typically presents during infancy and/or early childhood, is rarely reported in adults, and is usually associated with other congenital defects. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.) |
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| spelling | doaj.art-14cd4a214d8e4256af6e2064770a5e572022-12-21T21:25:26ZengElsevierJACC: Case Reports2666-08492019-08-0112251253Female Athlete With a Double-Chambered Right VentricleGuiomar Mendieta, MD, MSc0Silvia Montserrat, MD, PhD1Susanna Prat-Gonzalez, MD, PhD2Bàrbara Vidal, MD, PhD3Marta Sitges, MD, PhD4Address for correspondence: Dr. Guiomar Mendieta, Cardiology Department, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, c/Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.; Cardiology Department, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigaciones Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, SpainCardiology Department, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigaciones Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, SpainCardiology Department, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigaciones Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, SpainCardiology Department, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigaciones Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, SpainCardiology Department, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigaciones Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, SpainA 35-year-old female athlete presented with recent episodes of pre-syncope on exertion while exercising. An isolated double-chambered right ventricle was diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance. This defect typically presents during infancy and/or early childhood, is rarely reported in adults, and is usually associated with other congenital defects. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919301160exercisemurmurright ventricle |
| spellingShingle | Guiomar Mendieta, MD, MSc Silvia Montserrat, MD, PhD Susanna Prat-Gonzalez, MD, PhD Bàrbara Vidal, MD, PhD Marta Sitges, MD, PhD Female Athlete With a Double-Chambered Right Ventricle JACC: Case Reports exercise murmur right ventricle |
| title | Female Athlete With a Double-Chambered Right Ventricle |
| title_full | Female Athlete With a Double-Chambered Right Ventricle |
| title_fullStr | Female Athlete With a Double-Chambered Right Ventricle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Female Athlete With a Double-Chambered Right Ventricle |
| title_short | Female Athlete With a Double-Chambered Right Ventricle |
| title_sort | female athlete with a double chambered right ventricle |
| topic | exercise murmur right ventricle |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919301160 |
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