VOLUME 3 NO. 2 JUNE- AUGUST 2002

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 A PICTURE IS WORTH
   A THOUSAND WORDS
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 HISTORY OF MEDICINE
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A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

REVERSIBLE SEVERE CARDIC HYPERTROPHY IN A NEONATE
Fig. 1. Two-days-old: TTE apical 4-CH view and short axis view show severe diffuse hypertrophy of cardiac walls and slit-like RV and LV cavities.

Fig. 2. Ten days after initiation of beta-blocker therapy: Follow-up TTE shows remarkable regression of cardiac hypertrophy.

Abbreviations: RA =right atrium; LA = left atrium; RV =right ventricle; LV= left ventricle

From the Echocardiography Laboratory and Pediatric Cardiology Section Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery Department, 
Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

 
 
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