Long-Term Survival in Eisenmenger Syndrome

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Age: 70 years Gender: Female Occupation: Retired bookkeeper Working diagnosis: Unrepaired ventricular septal defect with Eisenmenger physiology HISTORY The patient was discovered to have a murmur in her early adult…

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Total Cavopulmonary Conversion: When and How

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Age: 20 years Gender: Female Occupation: Office clerk Working diagnosis: Tricuspid atresia and severe pulmonary stenosis, prior Fontan (atriopulmonary connection) HISTORY The patient was born at term but was cyanotic,…

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Catheter Ablation for Atrial Arrhythmia

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Age: 32 years Gender: Male Occupation: Office worker Working diagnosis: Double-inlet left ventricle with Fontan-type repair HISTORY The patient was born with a double-inlet LV and an anterior, right-sided rudimentary…

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Management of Systemic Ventricular Failure

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Age: 28 years Gender: Male Occupation: Travel guide Working diagnosis: Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries HISTORY The presence of a murmur at birth led to an echocardiogram, and…

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Late Outcome Following Systemic Tricuspid Valve Replacement

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Age: 55 years Gender: Female Occupation: Accountant Working diagnosis: Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis HISTORY The patient was well during her early childhood,…

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The Criss-Cross Heart

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Age: 33 years Gender: Male Occupation: Salesman Working diagnosis: Large ventricular septal defect HISTORY During infancy, the patient was diagnosed with a large VSD and underwent pulmonary artery (PA) banding…

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Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries with Pulmonary Stenosis and Ventricular Septal Defect: When to Intervene?

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Age: 30 years Gender: Female Occupation: Student Working diagnosis: Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries HISTORY At age 11, transposition was diagnosed after evaluation of a murmur. The patient…

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Fontan and Pregnancy

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Age: 31 years Gender: Female Occupation: Supermarket clerk Working diagnosis: Functionally univentricular heart after Fontan-type palliation, 16 weeks pregnant HISTORY The patient was cyanotic at birth and had her first…

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Intracardiac Thrombus in the Fontan Circulation

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Age: 24 years Gender: Male Occupation: Engineer Working diagnosis: Tricuspid atresia with previous Fontan operation HISTORY The patient was born with tricuspid atresia and had a modified right BT shunt…

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