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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Cor Triatriatum

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Age: 31 Gender: Female Occupation: Salesperson Working diagnosis: Palpitations HISTORY The patient was first noted to have a murmur at age 6 years. The murmur was felt to be a…

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Erythrocytosis with Normal Oxygen Saturation

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Age: 27 years Gender: Female Working diagnosis: Down syndrome HISTORY The patient has Down syndrome and was suspected to have cardiac disease shortly after birth. Echocardiography, however, showed only a…

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Straddling of the Tricuspid Valve: Long-Term Outcome

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Age: 36 Gender: Female Occupation: Office clerk Working diagnosis: Severe tricuspid valve regurgitation HISTORY The patient presented in early infancy with dyspnea and failure to thrive. Cardiac catheterization and angiography…

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