Man's Rare Heart Disorder Went Unnoticed for 67 Years

The condition, known as a double-chambered right ventricle, is extremely uncommon, said Dr. Valeria Duarte, a cardiology fellow at the University of Florida who presented the case here today (Nov. 10) at a research meeting called the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. Even among those who have it, it's "very, vey rare to diagnose it in adulthood," Duarte told Live Science. The man did indeed have another congenital defect that he was aware of — a condition called ventricular s