Prolonged survival in a patient with a single ventricle without pulmonary stenosis.
Prolonged survival of the patient with a single ventricle is rare. We report the case of a 57-year-old man who has type A3 of Van Praagh's classification of single ventricle with pulmonary hypertension without pulmonary stenosis. Favorable streaming, a large bulboventricular foramen, and intact atrioventricular valves may have contributed to his long-term survival.
Koito
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Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
Ohkubo
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Suzuki
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Iwasaka
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Inada
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D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis; D017741:Survivors