Recoarctation: Criteria for Intervention

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Age: 45 years Gender: Male Occupation: Auto industry worker Working diagnosis: Recurrent coarctation of the aorta HISTORY The patient was well at birth but presented in heart failure at 10…

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Pregnancy-Related Complications in Coarctation

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Age: 27 years Gender: Female Occupation: Business manager Working diagnosis: Aortic coarctation HISTORY The patient was diagnosed with aortic coarctation within the first week of life and was operated on…

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Acute Presentation with Cerebral Hemorrhage

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Age: 26 Gender: Male Occupation: Engineer Working diagnosis: Subarachnoid hemorrhage, suspected aortic coarctation HISTORY The patient was well throughout childhood and adolescence, without physical limitation or any health problems. Three…

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Subaortic Stenosis: Indications for Surgery

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Age: 47 years Gender: Female Occupation: Elementary school teacher Working diagnosis: Subaortic stenosis HISTORY The patient was noted to have a heart murmur at age 5. She was referred to…

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Ventricular Arrhythmia Following a Ross Procedure

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Age: 57 years Gender: Male Occupation: Logistics planner Working diagnosis: Pulmonary stenosis with prior Ross repair HISTORY Aortic regurgitation was diagnosed when the patient was 23 years old. The patient…

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Aortic Stenosis and Endocarditis during Pregnancy

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Age: 33 Gender: Female Occupation: Housewife Working diagnosis: Subaortic stenosis HISTORY The patient had been diagnosed with mild subaortic stenosis in early childhood but did not require intervention. She had…

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Considerations for the Ross Procedure

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Age: 26 years Gender: Female Lifestyle information: Active athlete and traveler, engaged to be married Working diagnosis: Aortic insufficiency and neoaortic root dilatation HISTORY The patient was born with a…

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