An unusual image: Pacman heart.
Aziz İnan ÇelikFirat IkikardesMuhammed Bugra KaraaslanPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2018)
Partial ventricular septal defect (VSD) (Pacman heart) is extremely rare heart defect which may be a complication of myocardial infarction or congenital deformity. In this image, a 65-year-old male patient admitted with headache and blood pressure dysregulation. Incidentally, transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography revealed partial VSD which was ensuingly confirmed in thoracic computed tomography. This is the fourth case in light of current literature. Partial VSDs are clinically silent, which can be diagnosed with echocardiography, computed tomography, or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging modalities.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- blood pressure
- contrast enhanced
- atrial fibrillation
- deep learning
- systematic review
- dual energy
- spinal cord
- pulmonary hypertension
- case report
- hypertensive patients
- machine learning
- spinal cord injury
- type diabetes
- catheter ablation
- soft tissue