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Double-chambered right ventricles are associated with ventricular septal defects 70% of the time but can also be associated with pulmonary stenosis and atrial septal defects. I'll use the short axis view\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-9fff5437-7fff-8935-bf5e-0111c8059215\">[00:00:30]\u003C\u002Fb> to discuss this concept because we can see both inflow and outflow portions of the right ventricle. Here are the anomalous muscle bundles which cause obstruction to right ventricular outflow. This causes a backup of pressure proximal to those bundles in the inflow region which leads to a high-pressure chamber. On the distal side of the bundles, the pressure remains normal or even low. So you can see we have two different pressure compartments within the same right ventricle and this is why the condition is called\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-9fff5437-7fff-8935-bf5e-0111c8059215\">[00:01:00] \u003C\u002Fb>a double-chambered right ventricle. So let's say we have a significant obstruction leading to an intracavity pressure of 97 mmHg. That means that the proximal chamber will be very high pressure, and the tricuspid regurgitation jet will be a very high velocity. They can also be a ventricular septal defect which usually enters the high-pressure chamber. Because of the severe intracavity gradient within the right ventricle, there won't be much pressure difference\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-9fff5437-7fff-8935-bf5e-0111c8059215\">[00:01:30] \u003C\u002Fb>between the left ventricle and the high-pressure chamber, so the VSD velocity will be low. So now we have a high tricuspid regurgitation velocity and a low velocity ventricular septal defect which both suggest pulmonary hypertension. However, we know there is an intracavity gradient, so these parameters do not reflect pulmonary pressure in this case, you can see how important it is to evaluate the gradient properly. On\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-9fff5437-7fff-8935-bf5e-0111c8059215\">[00:02:00] \u003C\u002Fb>2D imaging, we can see the muscle bundles obliterating the outflow. Notice the ventricular septal defect. It enters into the right ventricle before the bundles. So entering the high-pressure chamber, we can expect that it will be a low velocity. Here we see the red color flow across the ventricular septal defect, but it doesn't look turbulent like VSD jets normally do. It's quite laminar suggesting that the right ventricular pressure is high. 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