title: Long-term survival of a patient with Lutembacher's syndrome.
abstract: An elderly woman with Lutembacher's syndrome remained asymptomatic until the age of 55, when she was treated for exertional dyspnea with digitalis and diuretics. She died of gastrointestinal hemorrhage and hepatic failure at the age of 69. The autopsy revealed a large atrial septal defect and mitral stenosis without rheumatic changes. This patient is the oldest reported survivor of Lutembacher's syndrome with nonrheumatic mitral stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Minezaki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miyazawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Natsume
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shiina
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yaginuma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hosoda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008185:Lutembacher Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013997:Time Factors