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…
Pacemaker Infection in a Cyanotic Patient
Age: 26 years Gender: Female Occupation: Laboratory technician Working diagnosis: Pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect HISTORY The patient was born with a diagnosis of pulmonary atresia, large subaortic VSD,…
Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum
Age: 15 years Gender: Male Occupation: Student Working diagnosis: Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum HISTORY The patient was found to be cyanosed after birth and diagnosed with pulmonary atresia…
Catheter Implantation of Stented Pulmonary Valve
Age: 22 years Gender: Female Occupation: Student Working diagnosis: Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia HISTORY This patient presented in early infancy when she was noticed to be cyanosed by…
Management of Tachyarrhythmia in Tetralogy: Ablation versus Surgery
Age: 46 years Gender: Male Occupation: Accountant Working diagnosis: Repaired tetralogy of Fallot HISTORY The patient had a primary repair of TOF when he was 8 years old. Following this…
