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Spontaneous closure of muscular ventricular septal defect by growth of right ventricular muscle bundles: a rare mechanism

Part of: Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2019

Ahmad Charaf Eddine Open the ORCID record for Ahmad Charaf Eddine [Opens in a new window] ,
Gilda Kadiu  and
Yamuna Sanil
Ahmad Charaf Eddine*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
Gilda Kadiu
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
Yamuna Sanil
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
*
Author for correspondence: A. Charaf Eddine, MD, FASE, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien Blvd, Detroit, MI48201, USA. Tel: 313-745-5481; Fax: 313-993-0894; E-mail: acharafe@dmc.org
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Abstract

We present a case of an 18-year-old male with large anterior muscular ventricular septal defect. Assessment by echocardiography showed that the defect has completely closed by the growth of muscle bundles that formed a pouch-like structure on the right ventricular side. This unusual mechanism of closure has been reported in one prior case report. In our report, we present images obtained by three-dimensional echocardiography.

Keywords

Ventricular septal defectspontaneous closureright ventricular muscle bundles
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , February 2020 , pp. 291 - 293
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© Cambridge University Press 2019

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