Exceptional survival: double inlet left ventricle presenting with aortic dissection.
Adult survival with unoperated univentricular heart is unusual, particularly into the latter decades. Survival is most common in balanced circulations, such as double inlet left ventricle with moderate pulmonary stenosis. We describe a woman who presented with an aortic dissection and previously unrecognized univentricular heart.
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Wendy M
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Vaccari
Christopher
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McConnell
Michael E
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D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D013534:Survival