Isolated Left Ventricular Apical Hypoplasia.

Abstract

In 2006, a 64-year-old Caucasian woman presented to the Emergency Department with breathlessness. She was an ex-smoker with a medical history of hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia and asthma. There was no family history of cardiac disease. Initial investigations, including chest radiograph, showed pulmonary oedema, which was treated with IV diuretics and continuous positive airway pressure non-invasive ventilation.