Key result
Echocardiography is a rapidly accessible, low cost, noninvasive technique for the detection and evaluation of isolated ventricular apical hypoplasia, as described in four cases.
Why the study?
Isolated ventricular apical hypoplasia is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly with varied manifestations across age groups.
Case Report (n=4)
Echocardiography is an effective, noninvasive tool for detecting and evaluating isolated ventricular apical hypoplasia, a rare congenital cardiac anomaly.
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Supports echocardiography for rare isolated ventricular apical hypoplasia; leaves open validation in larger prospective cohorts.
Isolated ventricular apical hypoplasia (IVAH) is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly, with clinical manifestations depending on the age of the patient, ranging from no symptoms in children to congestive heart failure or even malignant tachycardia in adults. Herein, we describe the clinical and anatomical findings in four cases with hypoplasia of the right or left ventricular apex, and we discuss the possible mechanisms and differential diagnosis of this malformation. Echocardiography is a rapidly accessible, low cost, noninvasive technique for the detection and evaluation of IVAH.
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Liao et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Isolated ventricular apical hypoplasia (n=4). Isolated ventricular apical hypoplasia was evaluated. Echocardiography is a rapidly accessible, low cost, noninvasive technique for the detection and evaluation of isolated ventricular apical hypoplasia, as described in four cases.
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