title: [Natural course of Ebstein's anomaly].
abstract: The natural course of Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve was studied in 42 conservative patients, their age ranging from 1 day to 38 years at 1st examination (12.3 +/- 1.5 years). Twenty-seven of 42 patients reported for a follow-up check after 3 to 21 years, while the remaining 15 had died as a natural outcome of the defect, heart failure and rhythm disorders being the most common causes of death. The 27 survivors had reached the age of 7-54 years (33.8 +/- 4.2 years), all of them showing a deterioration of the condition and progressing cardiomegaly.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004437:Ebstein Anomaly / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Estestvennoe techenie anomalii Ebshteĭna.