Failure of medicine: evolution of an atrial septal defect to an Eisenmenger syndrome.
Acta Cardiol
; 55(4): 265-7, 2000 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-11041126
ABSTRACT
The atrial septal defect (ASD) is the most commonly diagnosed congenital defect in adults and has a prevalence of 7.5% of all congenital cardiac anomalies. Less invasive imaging techniques, especially transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography, provide more accurate diagnostics, resulting in earlier diagnosis and treatment. Despite these opportunities in high-tech countries, medicine may still fail in detecting initially correctable cardiac anomalies. We present a case of 41-year-old woman with an abnormal murmur at childhood that disappeared with time due to the development of an Eisenmenger syndrome. The importance of a complete haemodynamic evaluation in this patient is illustrated.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Complexo de Eisenmenger
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Comunicação Interatrial
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Cardiol
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Bélgica