Deep recessus of the muscular interventricular septum documented with echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging

Int J Cardiol. 2007 Aug 21;120(2):e30-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.04.061. Epub 2007 Jun 20.

Abstract

We describe a case of a male patient in whom a routine transthoracic echocardiography reveals a deep recessus of the muscular interventricular septum, without evidence of left-to-right shunt. The helical myocardial band, a new concept of myocardial architecture, could help in the interpretation of the genesis of this anatomic finding.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / methods*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnosis*
  • Heart Septum / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Septum / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Male
  • Severity of Illness Index