Key result
Echocardiography and cardiac MRI identified isolated left ventricular apical hypoplasia in a 16-month-old child, characterizing the findings of this rare anomaly in a pediatric patient.
Why the study?
Isolated left ventricular apical hypoplasia is a rare anomaly largely diagnosed in adults, with unknown pathophysiology and long-term outcomes, and echocardiography findings in a child had not yet been characterised.
Population
A 16-month-old male child presenting with a diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy
Design
Case report
Authors
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Should not alter practice from single case; extends sparse pediatric literature but leaves open natural history and outcomes.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report describes the echocardiographic and MRI findings of isolated left ventricular apical hypoplasia in a child for the first time.
Ramamurthy et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Isolated left ventricular apical hypoplasia (n=1). Echocardiography and Cardiac MRI was evaluated on Echocardiographic and MRI findings of isolated left ventricular apical hypoplasia. Echocardiography and cardiac MRI identified isolated left ventricular apical hypoplasia in a 16-month-old child, characterizing the findings of this rare anomaly in a pediatric patient.
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