Catheter Closure of Ventricular Septal Defects

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Age: 57 years Gender: Female Occupation: High school teacher Working diagnosis: Muscular ventricular septal defect HISTORY The patient was evaluated for a heart murmur during pregnancy 20 years prior to…

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Long-Term Follow-Up of Atrioventricular Septal Defect

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Age: 58 Gender: Female Occupation: Professional gardener Working diagnosis: Repaired partial atrioventricular septal defect HISTORY The patient was well until her mid-20s, when she noted progressive shortness of breath. Workup…

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Ventricular Septal Defect and the Aortic Valve

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Age: 23 years Gender: Male Occupation: College student Working diagnosis: Aortic regurgitation, after closure of outlet ventricular septal defect HISTORY The patient was born uneventfully at term, but at 18…

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Scimitar Syndrome

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Age: 34 years Gender: Female Occupation: Homemaker Working diagnosis: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection HISTORY The patient was well at birth and throughout childhood, but had been told her heart…

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Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return

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Age: 54 years old Gender: Female Occupation: Housewife Working diagnosis: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return HISTORY The patient was well throughout her life until the age of 44 (10 years…

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Endocarditis in a Young Man

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Age: 27 years Gender: Male Occupation: Graduate student Working diagnosis: Residual ventricular septal defect after surgical closure HISTORY The patient was born with a perimembranous VSD. Because of severe aortic…

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Rationale for Septal Defect Closure in the Elderly

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Age: 88 years Gender: Female Personal information: Grandmother Working diagnosis: Secundum atrial septal defect HISTORY The patient was healthy throughout her childhood and adult years. She had two uneventful pregnancies,…

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