Protein-Losing Enteropathy
Age: 16 years Gender: Female Occupation: Student Working diagnosis: Univentricular heart, Fontan circulation HISTORY The patient had been diagnosed at birth with a functionally univentricular heart due to pulmonary valve…
Palliative Mustard for Transposition and Ventricular Septal Defect
Age: 26 years Gender: Male Occupation: Unemployed Working diagnosis: D-transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect with Eisenmenger syndrome HISTORY The patient was blue at birth, and the…
Assessment of Systemic Right Ventricle Function
Age: 29 years Gender: Male Occupation: Chef Working diagnosis: Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries HISTORY A childhood murmur brought the patient to attention at a young age, and…
Late Complications after the Arterial Switch Operation
Age: 15 years Gender: Female Occupation: Student Working diagnosis: D-transposition of the great arteries HISTORY The diagnosis of D-TGA was made in utero. Postnatally, the infant had a good-sized ASD,…
Pregnancy and the Systemic Right Ventricle
Age: 27 years Gender: Female Occupation: Teacher Working diagnosis: Pregnancy in a patient with a systemic right ventricle HISTORY The patient was cyanotic at birth due to D-TGA (simple transposition)….
Long-Term Outcome after Rastelli Repair
Age: 38 years Gender: Female Occupation: Hotel manager Working diagnosis: Transposition of the great arteries/ventricular septal defect/pulmonary stenosis HISTORY The patient had bilateral BT shunts early in life. She had…
Considerations for Tricuspid Valve Replacement in Patients with a Systemic Right Ventricle
Age: 29 years Gender: Male Occupation: College instructor Working diagnosis: Mustard repair of transposition of the great arteries HISTORY The diagnosis of TGA was made postnatally, and the patient underwent…
Transcatheter Options for Atrial Arrhythmia after the Mustard Procedure
Age: 28 years Gender: Female Occupation: Flight attendant Working diagnosis: Transposition of the great arteries and Mustard procedure HISTORY The patient had transposition of the great arteries, and received a…
Catheter Intervention for Baffle Leak or Venous Obstruction
Age: 33 years Gender: Male Occupation: Musician Working diagnosis: Transposition of the great arteries HISTORY The patient was diagnosed with D-TGA at birth and underwent an atrial septostomy. Subsequently, a…
Multiple Aortopulmonary Collaterals: Too Many or Too Few
Age: 30 years Gender: Female Occupation: Unemployed Working diagnosis: Tricuspid atresia, pulmonary atresia, functionally single ventricle HISTORY The patient’s cardiac status became known when she was admitted to the hospital…
