Aortopulmonary septal defect and longevity.
A patient with a large congenital aortopulmonary septal defect lived for 46 years. Such lesions are usually fatal in early life unless corrected. Because the anatomic and physiologic adjustments were evident and relatively stable, the case calls for examination of the practice of prognostication.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*