An unusual case of cyanotic heart disease in a patient with patent foramen ovale and right ventricular hypertrophy.
An unusual case of cyanosis and patent foramen ovale/atrial septal defect with right-sided septal hypertrophy is presented. Mild right ventricular dysfunction led to predominant right-to-left shunting. The atrial defect was surgically closed. The patient is from a family with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; she is negative for the gene abnormality.
Will
P M
PM
Cardiology Section, Reading Hospital and Medical Center, West Reading, PA 19611, USA.
Serrian
J L
JL
Dawson
J T
JT
D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D017380:Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood
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