Discrete subaortic stenosis in elderly women.
Discrete subaortic stenosis (DSS) is likely an acquired cardiac disorder which requires anatomic precursors and a genetic background. DSS occurs usually within the first decade, provoking rapidly progressive left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and secondary aortic regurgitation. DSS has been considered for a long time exclusively a disease of infancy and childhood and few reports and small series have described DSS in adulthood and only two cases are reported in elderly. Our case describes a discrete subaortic membranous ridge in an elderly woman with recent onset of dyspnea.
Masci
Pier Giorgio
PG
Unità Operativa di Cardiologia, A.O. Santa Corona, Via XXV Aprile 128, 17027 Pietra Ligure, Italy. pgmasci@tiscali.it
Rossi
Francesca
F
Chiarella
Francesco
F
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D021922:Discrete Subaortic Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans