Management of Acute Hemoptysis

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Age: 36 years Gender: Female Occupation and lifestyle information: Clerk and frequent traveler Working diagnosis: Patent ductus arteriosus and Eisenmenger syndrome HISTORY The patient was diagnosed with a PDA after…

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Iron Deficiency in Cyanotic Heart Disease

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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…

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Fever in a Patient with a Single Ventricle

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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…

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Timing and Merits of Transplantation in a Fontan Patient

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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…

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Long-Term Survival in Eisenmenger Syndrome

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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…

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Total Cavopulmonary Conversion: When and How

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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,…

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