A 90-year old patient with atrial septal defect and sinus rhythm.
A 90-year old patient with an atrial septal defect (ASD) and sinus rhythm, but no history of atrial fibrillation of heart failure is presented. Literature searches revealed no similar report of such a case. In addition, this patient represents the oldest documented patients with ASD associated and sinus rhythm.
Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokushima, Japan.
M
M
Nomura
Y
Y
Nakaya
F
F
Kishi
K
K
Saito
H
H
Shinohara
S
S
Ito
H
H
Yamamoto
J
J
Syoji
Y
Y
Ohkita
S
S
Orino
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006339:Heart Rate; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male