A Misdiagnosed Case of Double Outlet Right Atrium Associated With Hypoplastic Right Ventricle

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2020 May;11(3):358-360. doi: 10.1177/2150135119894292.

Abstract

Double outlet right atrium (DORA) is a rare congenital heart disease in which the right atrium opens into both ventricles. The reduced leftward motion of the interventricular septum causes a malalignment between the atrial and the ventricular septum at the cardiac crux, which is the pathognomonic feature of this heart defect. We describe a case of significant exertional desaturation in an adult patient who was diagnosed with DORA, restrictive right ventricle, and anomalous tricuspid valve. Subsequently, the patient underwent one-and-a-half ventricular palliation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures
  • Cyanosis / diagnosis
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Atria / abnormalities*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
  • Heterografts
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Pericardium / transplantation
  • Swine
  • Tricuspid Valve / abnormalities*
  • Ventricular Septum*
  • Young Adult