Uhl anomaly
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| OMIM | 107970 |
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| DiseasesDB | 33469 |
Uhl anomaly was first described in 1952.[1] It is a very rare congenital heart disease (less than 100 cases 1900–1993) with a partial or total loss of the myocardial muscle in the right ventricle.
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[edit] Fetal echocardiographic findings
Three findings are enlarged right ventricular cavity without apical trabeculation with a thin hypokinetic ventricular wall.[2]
[edit] Sources
- the article on the French wikipedia
- Leon Gerlis, Uhl's anomaly, Orphanet Encyclopedia, January 2003.
[edit] References
- ^ Uhl HSM. A previously undescribed congenital malformation of the heart: almost total absence of the myocardium of the right ventricle. Bulletin of Johns Hopkins Hospital 1952; 91:197–205.
- ^ D. Cardaropoli, M. G. Russo, D. Paladini, C. Pisacane, S. Caputo, P. Giliberti, R. Calabrò Prenatal echocardiography in a case of Uhl's anomaly Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology Volume 27, Issue 6, Date: June 2006, Pages: 713-714
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