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PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen KG is a 38-year-old woman with the diagnosis of transposition of the great arteries (TGA). She underwent an atrial switch operation at age 2 (Figure…

THE ADULT WITH REPAIRED COARCTATION OF THE AORTA Print Section Listen PATIENT STORY A 48-year-old woman with coarctation of the aorta, ventricular septal defect (VSD), and bicuspid aortic stenosis was…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 25-year-old man presented with a history of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), moderate aortic valve stenosis, moderate aortic valve insufficiency, dilated aortic root, and left…

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IN A PREGNANT WOMAN WITH TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES S/P ATRIAL SWITCH SURGERY Print Section Listen PATIENT STORY 1 A 29-year-old woman with complete transposition of…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Pulmonary hypertension (PH) itself is not a disease and does not specify any unique pathophysiology. PH refers to elevated pulmonary artery (PA) pressure. The underlying physiology…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 35-year-old-young man from Guatemala presented with chronic cough and progressive fatigue. He was told that he had a “hole in his heart” when he…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 20-year-old man with a single morphologic left ventricle due to tricuspid atresia and ventricular inversion with transposed great arteries, with transposed great arteries presents…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 28-year-old woman presented to her local rural hospital with acute-onset severe chest pain which came on at rest. There was no inciting physical or…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 29-year-old man born with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) underwent repair when he was 9 months of age. Repair consisted of creation of a right…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 29-year-old man was born a “blue baby” and found to have d-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA). A balloon atrial septostomy (BAS) was performed…