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Spontaneous closure of muscular ventricular septal defect by growth of right ventricular muscle bundles: a rare mechanism
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Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2019
Abstract
We present a case of an 18-year-old male with large anterior muscular ventricular septal defect. Assessment by echocardiography showed that the defect has completely closed by the growth of muscle bundles that formed a pouch-like structure on the right ventricular side. This unusual mechanism of closure has been reported in one prior case report. In our report, we present images obtained by three-dimensional echocardiography.
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