Ventricular septal defect in the 9th decade.
This case reports the oldest patient with a large, unoperated, isolated, congenital ventricular septal defect in the literature. Issues related to the natural history of the disease and its management are discussed.
Mukharji
J
J
Division of Cardiology, Trinity Lutheran Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Sullivan
L
L
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors