724 AN UNUSUAL CASE OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-ESTIMATED PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

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Abstract Case Presentation 48-years-old woman was diagnosed with severe pulmonary hypertension at transthoracic echocardiography during cardiological evaluation for bariatric surgery. PAPs was estimated 110 mmHg, mild-moderate tricuspidal insufficiency with no dilatation of right chambers and LVEF preserved (65%). The patient had history of heart murmur since childhood and now presented with type 2 diabetes mellitus on metformin treatment, third grade obesity (BMI 55) and dyslipidemia (LDL col. 120 mg/dL). Diagnostic Workup: The patient was symptomatic dyspnea for mild-moderate exertion (NYHA II-III). Heart-beat was rhythmic with 4/6 ubiquitous systolic sharp murmur. Lung auscultation was normal. Bilateral pretibial edema was noted. The cardiac catheterization showed: A transesophageal echocardiography confirmed post-tricuspidal right intraventricular obstruction due to mid-ventricular fibro-muscular rims and disclosed a small restrictive membranous defect on interventricular septum with minimum left-to-right shunt. A cardiac-MRI confirmed an hypertrophic moderator band with obstruction of the outflow tract. The patients was discharged with a program of sleeve-gastrectomy and after surgical correction of cardiac congenital defects. Conclusion The double-chambered right ventricle (DCRV) is an uncommon congenital anomaly: the right ventricle (RV) is divided into two chambers due to the presence of an abnormally located muscular band or anomalous muscle hypertrophy in the sub-infundibular part of RV outflow tract, with a variable grade of obstruction. This anomaly may be missed by the estimation of high pulmonary pressure through tricuspidal regurgitation. Due to limitations of echocardiography in adult patients additional imaging methods, such as MRI, combined with cardiac catheterization data are required for a definitive diagnosis.