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Double Outlet Right Ventricle
What is it?
Double outlet right ventricle is a rare birth defect.
In double outlet right ventricle, both of the heart's "outlets" — the aorta and the pulmonary artery — exit from the right ventricle.
In a normal heart, the aorta leaves the left ventricle and the pulmonary artery leaves the right ventricle. Also, there is a hole in the septum between the right and left ventricles called a ventricular septal defect.
Many children have other defects present such as pulmonary stenosis or aortic stenosis.
How is it treated?
Surgery is needed to correct the condition.