Double Chamber Right Ventricle in a Patient With Supracristal Ventricular Septal Defect and Prolapsing Right Coronary Cusp: Role of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography
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2009
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
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A supracristal ventricular septal defect (VSD), an outlet VSD situated in subaortic and subpulmonic regions, has a strong association with prolapse of the aortic valve cusp. The authors report the case of a patient operated for a supracristal VSD with prolapse of the right coronary cusp. The VSD was found to be in the subaortic position on preoperative transthoracic echocardiography, which failed to detect the presence of a double-chamber right ventricle. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography correctly recognized the supracristal nature of the VSD and identified the double-chamber right ventricle, subsequently altering the course of surgery. (J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2009;22:754.e3-754.e5.)
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Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
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