Adult presentation of complete atrioventricular septal defect.
Complete atrioventricular septal defect generally presents early in life with symptoms of congestive heart failure. Untreated, patients almost universally develop irreversible pulmonary hypertension. We present an unusual case of a Down's syndrome patient whose septal defect first presented at 20 years of age.
Kown
Murray H
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Vricella
Luca
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Salerno
Christopher T
CT
Rosenthal
David N
DN
Black
Michael D
MD
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male