Medication
Medication Summary
Drug therapy is not currently a component of the standard of care for double-chambered right ventricle (DCRV). See Treatment.
In the presence of a ventricular septal defect with a significant left to right shunt, diuretics and other antifailure measures may be required.
Media Gallery
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Double-Chambered Right Ventricle. Electrocardiogram of an 18-month-old boy with double-chambered right ventricle. Note the upright T waves in the right precordial leads.
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Double-Chambered Right Ventricle. Right anterior oblique (RAO) angiogram demonstrating proximal and distal chambers of right ventricle (Image courtesy of R.M. Freedom, MD).
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Double-Chambered Right Ventricle. Lateral right ventriculography of a patient with double-chambered right ventricle. Large arrow indicates the presence of a fibromuscular obstruction with division of the right ventricle; small arrows outline pulmonary valve stenosis (Image courtesy of R.M. Freedom, MD).
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Double-Chambered Right Ventricle. Subcostal right anterior oblique (RAO) echocardiograph view demonstrating right ventricle muscle bundles separating proximal from distal (*) chamber. PV = Pulmonary valve (Image courtesy of J. Smallhorn, MD)
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Double-Chambered Right Ventricle. Subcostal right anterior oblique (RAO) echocardiograph view with color Doppler demonstrating ventricular septal defect jet to proximal chamber. (*) = Distal chamber (Image courtesy of J. Smallhorn, MD).
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