Early Appraisal of Adults with Norwood Correction
Age: 14 years Gender: Female Occupation: Student Working diagnosis: Hypoplastic left heart syndrome HISTORY The patient was born at term gestation by normal delivery. She had normal Apgar scores and…
Iron Deficiency in Cyanotic Heart Disease
Age: 40 years Gender: Female Occupation: Lawyer Working diagnosis: Eisenmenger syndrome HISTORY At birth the patient had a large VSD with congestive heart failure. A pulmonary artery band was placed…
Fever in a Patient with a Single Ventricle
Age: 45 years Gender: Male Occupation: Sound engineer Working diagnosis: Univentricular heart with pulmonary stenosis HISTORY The patient presented to his local hospital at the age of 9 years with…
Complications of Ventricular Septation in a Patient with a Single Ventricle
Age: 17 years Gender: Male Occupation: High school student Working diagnosis: Double-inlet left ventricle HISTORY Soon after birth, the patient developed heart failure and was diagnosed with double-inlet LV with…
Timing and Merits of Transplantation in a Fontan Patient
Age: 25 years Gender: Female Occupation: Student Working diagnosis: Tricuspid atresia with transposition HISTORY The patient was diagnosed with tricuspid atresia, transposed great vessels, and moderate subvalvar pulmonary stenosis shortly…
Long-Term Survival in Eisenmenger Syndrome
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…
Total Cavopulmonary Conversion: When and How
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,…
Catheter Ablation for Atrial Arrhythmia
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…
Arrhythmia Intervention at the Time of Total Cavopulmonary Conversion
Age: 31 years Gender: Female Occupation: Schoolteacher Working diagnosis: Tricuspid atresia, Fontan repair HISTORY This patient with tricuspid atresia underwent a classic right BT shunt at 5 months of age….
Management of Systemic Ventricular Failure
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…
