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…
Late Outcome Following Systemic Tricuspid Valve Replacement
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,…
The Criss-Cross Heart
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…
Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries with Pulmonary Stenosis and Ventricular Septal Defect: When to Intervene?
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…
Fontan and Pregnancy
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…
Intracardiac Thrombus in the Fontan Circulation
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…
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,…
