title: Percutaneous transcatheter balloon valvuloplasty for severe tricuspid valve stenosis in Ebstein's anomaly.
abstract: A 26-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of exertional dyspnea (New York Heart Association III), general fatigue and palpitations over the past 2 months. She had normal psychosomatic development until adulthood, no previous pregnancies and a history of rheumatic fever at young age. Although she referred a slow gradual worsening of general conditions for 2 years, no clinical evaluations were previously performed.
authors.affiliation: The Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery, Emergency Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan. giacomoboccuzzi@libero.it
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boccuzzi
authors.forename: Nicoletta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gigli
authors.forename: Debora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cian
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vullo
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonomini
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ribichini
authors.forename: Gennarina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Portella
authors.forename: Gino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002404:Catheterization; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004437:Ebstein Anomaly / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics