Female Athlete With a Double-Chambered Right Ventricle

Guiomar Mendieta, MD, MSc; Silvia Montserrat, MD, PhD; Susanna Prat-Gonzalez, MD, PhD; Bàrbara Vidal, MD, PhD; Marta Sitges, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Aug 2019)

Female Athlete With a Double-Chambered Right Ventricle

Guiomar Mendieta, MD, MSc,
Silvia Montserrat, MD, PhD,
Susanna Prat-Gonzalez, MD, PhD,
Bàrbara Vidal, MD, PhD,
Marta Sitges, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Guiomar Mendieta, MD, MSc: Address for correspondence: Dr. Guiomar Mendieta, Cardiology Department, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, c/Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.; Cardiology Department, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigaciones Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Spain
Silvia Montserrat, MD, PhD: Cardiology Department, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigaciones Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Spain
Susanna Prat-Gonzalez, MD, PhD: Cardiology Department, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigaciones Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Spain
Bàrbara Vidal, MD, PhD: Cardiology Department, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigaciones Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Spain
Marta Sitges, MD, PhD: Cardiology Department, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigaciones Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Spain

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. 251 – 253

Abstract

Read online

A 35-year-old female athlete presented with recent episodes of pre-syncope on exertion while exercising. An isolated double-chambered right ventricle was diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance. This defect typically presents during infancy and/or early childhood, is rarely reported in adults, and is usually associated with other congenital defects. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

About the journal

Abstract

Keywords