A 57-year-old man was evaluated by the pulmonologist because of dyspnoea. His past medical history included hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, and an evaluation in 2018 because of syncope after intensive sports training. Transthoracic echocardiography at the time showed mild left ventricular hypertrophy and an anomaly which was noticed only in retrospect (Fig. 1a, asterisk). Holter monitoring and exercise electrocardiography were normal. In 2021 the patient was re-evaluated because of reduced exercise tolerance and palpitations. Holter monitoring showed frequent ventricular ectopic beats and some runs of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (maximum 5 beats). Cardiac catheterisation showed diffuse coronary artery disease with multiple intermediate stenoses, all assessed as non-significant by fractional flow reserve. Treatment with aspirin, statin and beta-blocker was initiated.
Fig. 1
a Transthoracic echocardiography, parasternal long-axis view. The asterisk indicates an anomaly. b Computed tomography angiography performed to rule out pulmonary embolism. Contrast was administered via the right arm, coronal plane
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The pulmonologist performed computed tomography angiography to exclude pulmonary embolism. The contrast was administered via the right arm. However, in Fig. 1b no contrast can be seen in the pulmonary artery.
What is your diagnosis: which two congenital anomalies can be seen in Fig. 1?
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Conflict of interest
V.J.M. Baggen, L.J.P.M. van Woerkens, R.M. Kauling and A. Dirkali declare that they have no competing interests.
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