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An Unusual Finding in a Patient With a Ventricular Septal Defect: A “Splitting” Image

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: A 61-YEAR-OLD MAN (weight: 99 kg; height: 179 cm) with progressive palpitations and fatigue, a known small restrictive ventricular septal defect with a left-to-right shunt (maximum velocity of 4.8 meters/s; peak pressure gradient of 94 mmHg), atrial fibrillation, and tricuspid regurgitation was referred for percutaneous pulmonary vein isolation. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, a muscular ventricular septal defect (Fig 1), and a normal, functioning, but modestly dilated right ventricle with an estimated right ventricular systolic pressure of 40 mmHg.

Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2024.09.136

Authors: Marco Modestini, Wobbe Bouma, Vladimir Cernak, Ryan E. Accord, Jayant S. Jainandunsing

Institutions: University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen

Language: English

Topic: Congenital Heart Disease Studies

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,190