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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">CC</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Cardiol Croat</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Cardiologia Croatica</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Cardiol. Croat.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="ppub">1848-543X</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">1848-5448</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Croatian Cardiac Society</publisher-name></publisher>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">CC_10_3-4_71</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15836/ccar.2015.71</article-id>
<article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Abstract</subject></subj-group>
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<article-title>Echocardiography in a young adult with congenital heart disease presenting with isolated right-sided heart failure &#x2014; Ebstein&#x2019;s anomaly</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6582-4201</contrib-id><name><surname>Catic</surname><given-names>Jasmina</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7349-6137</contrib-id><name><surname>Jurinjak</surname><given-names>Sandra Jaksic</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7125-361X</contrib-id><name><surname>Blazekovic</surname><given-names>Robert</given-names></name></contrib>
<aff id="aff1">Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, <country>Croatia</country></aff>
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<corresp id="cor1">Address for correspondence: Jasmina Catic, Klinicka bolnica Dubrava, Avenija Gojka Suska 6, &#x2028;HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia. Phone: +385-91-25-777-25. E-mail: <email xlink:href="jcjasmina@gmail.com">jcjasmina@gmail.com</email></corresp></author-notes>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub"><month>05</month><year>2015</year></pub-date>
<volume>10</volume>
<issue>3-4</issue>
<fpage>71</fpage>
<lpage>71</lpage>
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<date date-type="received"><day>14</day><month>04</month><year>2015</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>20</day><month>04</month><year>2015</year></date>
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<copyright-year>2015</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>Croatian Cardiac Society</copyright-holder>
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<kwd-group kwd-group-type="author"><title>Keywords: </title><kwd>transthoracic echocardiography</kwd><kwd>Ebstein&#x2019;s anomaly</kwd><kwd>right-sided heart failure</kwd></kwd-group>
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<p>Ebstein&#x2019;s anomaly as a rare congenital disorder serves as a model of right ventricle dysfunction and altered atrial and ventricular coupling. It is characterized by failure of delamination of tricuspid valve leaflets and downward-apical displacement of the tricuspid valve attachments, apical displacement of the tricuspid valve due to adherence of the septal and posterior leaflets to the interventricular septum, redundancy, fenestration and tethering of the anterior tricuspid valve leaflet, dilatation of the anatomic (true) valve annulus, resulting in valve insufficiency and partial atrialization of the right ventricle. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="r1"><italic>1</italic></xref>-<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="r4"><italic>4</italic></xref>)</p>
<p>We report 36-year-old female. She presented with exertional dyspnoa. Enlarged right atrium and ventricle, a hump-shaped infundibulum was evident on chest radiograph (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f1">Figure 1</xref>). ECG showed atrial intraventicular conduction delay (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f2">Figure 2</xref>). The 2D echocardiogram (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f3">Figure 3</xref>) revealed the presence of poor right ventricular function and atrialization of the right ventricle, malformation of the tricuspid valve (TV) and the right ventricle (RV). The most prominent morphological feature of EA was degree of apical displacement of the TV into the RV, dividing the RV into a proximal chamber of atrialized RV (aRV) and distal portion of functional RV. Massive tricuspid regurgitation (TR), extensive dilatation, and dysfunction of the right atrium (RA) and RV were found.</p>
<fig id="f1" position="float" fig-type="figure"><label>Figure 1</label><caption><p>Chest radiograph showing enlarged right atrium and right ventricle.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CC_10_3-4_71-f1"></graphic></fig>
<fig id="f2" position="float" fig-type="figure"><label>Figure 2</label><caption><p>Fragmented QRS complexes observed in adult patients with Ebstein anomaly.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CC_10_3-4_71-f2"></graphic></fig>
<fig id="f3" position="float" fig-type="figure"><label>Figure 3</label><caption><p>Measurement of the severity of Ebstein anomaly. Planimetry was performed in the apical 4-chamber view at end diastole.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CC_10_3-4_71-f3"></graphic></fig>
<p>Poor right ventricular function was shown by the 2D echocardiogram including atrialization of the right ventricle, malformation of the tricuspid valve (TV) and the right ventricle (RV). The most prominent morphological feature of EA was degree of apical displacement of the TV into the RV, dividing the RV into a proximal chamber of atrialized RV (aRV) and distal portion of functional RV.</p>
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