title: Discrete subaortic stenosis in elderly women.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Cardiologia, A.O. Santa Corona, Via XXV Aprile 128, 17027 Pietra Ligure, Italy. pgmasci@tiscali.it
authors.forename: Pier Giorgio
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Masci
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chiarella
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D021922:Discrete Subaortic Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans