The role of echocardiography in diagnosing double chambered right ventricle in adults

• Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) Vol. 90; no. 7; pp. 789 - 793
• Main Authors: Hoffman, P, Wójcik, A W, Różański, J, Siudalska, H, Jakubowska, E, Włodarska, E K, Kowalski, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society 01.07.2004; BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; Copyright 2004 by Heart
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Flow Velocity - physiology; Blood Pressure - physiology; Cardiac catheterization; Cardiology. Vascular system; Congenital Heart Disease; DCRV; double chambered right ventricle; echocardiography; Echocardiography - standards; Echocardiography, Doppler, Color - methods; Echocardiography, Transesophageal - standards; Female; Flow velocity; Heart; Heart Ventricles - abnormalities; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Heart Ventricles - surgery; Humans; Localization; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Morphology; Pulmonary arteries; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Stomach; TOE; transoesophageal echocardiography; transthoracic echocardiography; TTE; ventricular septal defect; VSD; Sonography; Human; Echocardiography; Right ventricle; Adult; Circulatory system; Diagnosis; Cardiology; Double; Phlebology

Objective: To evaluate the utility of echocardiography in diagnosing double chambered right ventricle (DCRV) in adults. Design: A retrospective study. Setting: Department of Congenital Heart Diseases and Department of Cardiac Surgery, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. Patients: 32 patients, m...