- Uhl anomaly
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MeshID =Uhl anomaly was first described in 1952. [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. ] It is a very rare
congenital heart disease (less than 100 cases 1900–1993) with a partial or total loss of themyocard ial muscle in the right ventricle.Fetal echocardiographic findings
Three findings are enlarged right ventricular cavity without
apical trabecula tion with a thinhypokinetic ventricular wall. [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]ources
* the article on the French wikipedia
* Leon Gerlis, [http://www.orpha.net/data/patho/GB/uk-uhl.pdf Uhl's anomaly] ,Orphanet Encyclopedia, January 2003.References
External links
* [http://www.orpha.net/static/GB/uhl_anomaly.html orphanet]
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