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Double chambered left ventricle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Jaya Deshpande*
Affiliation:
From the Department of Pathology, Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay
Ammu Sivaraman
Affiliation:
From the Department of Pathology, Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay
Pradeep Vaideeswar
Affiliation:
From the Department of Pathology, Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay
*
Dr. J. Deshpande, Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, Seth G.S. Medical College, Parel, Bombay 400 012, India.

Summary

Double chambered left ventricle is a rare anomaly and unlike double chambered right ventricle, is not well documented. We report a case occurring with tetralogy of Fallot, an association not thus far described.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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