Double-chambered left ventricle misdiagnosed as ventricular septal defect

Wei-Min Zhang; Kadeyanmu Abulimiti; Li-Na Guan; Yan Xing; Qiang Huo

doi:10.1111/echo.15912

Double-chambered left ventricle misdiagnosed as ventricular septal defect

Echocardiography. 2024 Sep;41(9):e15912. doi: 10.1111/echo.15912.

Authors

Wei-Min Zhang¹, Kadeyanmu Abulimiti¹, Li-Na Guan², Yan Xing³, Qiang Huo¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, P.R. China.
² Department of Cardiac Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, P.R. China.
³ Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, P.R. China.

PMID: 39222302
DOI: 10.1111/echo.15912

Abstract

A 35-year-old woman was initially misdiagnosed with a muscular ventricular septal defect but was later correctly diagnosed with a double-chambered left ventricle following evaluation by echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography.

Keywords: computed tomography; double‐chambered left ventricle; echocardiography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Errors*
Echocardiography* / methods
Female
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular* / diagnosis
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular* / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles* / abnormalities
Heart Ventricles* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods