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Anomalous muscle bundle in the left ventricle causing subaortic obstruction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Shyam S. Kothari  and
Krishna S. Iyer
Shyam S. Kothari*
Affiliation:
From the Cardiothomcic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Krishna S. Iyer
Affiliation:
From the Cardiothomcic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
*
Dr. Shyam S. Kothari, Cardiothoracic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India. Tel. (91-11) 6864851/ 3218; Fax. (91-11)686-2663.
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Abstract

We report a 14-year-old boy in whom an anomalous muscle bundle in the left ventricle caused subaortic obstruction. It was diagnosed by echocardiography and resected at operation. The anomalous muscle most likely represents the hypertrophied anterolateral muscle bundle.

Keywords

Congenital heart diseasehypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 100 - 101
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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