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Double-chambered left ventricle (DCLV) is a rare congenital abnormality in which the left ventricle is divided into two separate chambers by a septum or anomalous muscular structure. The chambers are observed mostly parallel to each other without stenosis, and less frequently in a superior-inferior arrangement. An asymptomatic girl is presented here who was diagnosed with DCLV on echocardiographic examination that was performed for the evaluation of cardiac murmur detected by a pediatrician. She has been followed up without treatment.
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Meki Bilici, Fikri Demir, Alper Akın, Abdülmenap Güzel, Osman Akdeniz, and İlhan Tan declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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Video 1 Echocardiographic images showing muscular structure dividing left ventricle and resultant accessory and main chambers. The flow between left ventricular chambers can also be seen. (AVI 6835 kb)
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Bilici, M., Demir, F., Akın, A. et al. Echocardiographic diagnosis of double-chambered left ventricle. J Echocardiogr 14, 176–178 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-016-0297-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-016-0297-1