Female Athlete With a Double-Chambered Right Ventricle

Guiomar Mendieta; Silvia Montserrat; Susanna Prat-Gonzalez; Bàrbara Vidal; Marta Sitges

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.05.030

Female Athlete With a Double-Chambered Right Ventricle

JACC Case Rep. 2019 Aug 21;1(2):251-253. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.05.030. eCollection 2019 Aug.

Authors

Guiomar Mendieta¹, Silvia Montserrat¹, Susanna Prat-Gonzalez¹, Bàrbara Vidal¹, Marta Sitges¹

Affiliation

¹ Cardiology Department, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigaciones Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Spain.

Abstract

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.).

Keywords: RV, right ventricle; VSD, ventricular septal defect; exercise; murmur; right ventricle.