Secundum atrial septal defect and pulmonary hypertension in an 86-year-old woman: a case report and review of the literature.
A case of well tolerated secundum atrial septal defect in a woman who died at 86 years of age is described and the lesions responsible for pulmonary hypertension are discussed. Previous reports of over-70-year-old patients with untreated secundum atrial septal defect are also reviewed.
Tozzini
Silvia
S
Department of Pathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Anichini
Chiara
C
Nesi
Gabriella
G
Pedemonte
Elena
E
Gori
Franca
F
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D004232:Diuretics; D014859:Warfarin