title: Ventricular septal defect in the 9th decade.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Trinity Lutheran Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mukharji
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: 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