Echocardiographic Assessment of Ebstein's Anomaly in a 60-Year-Old Man.
We present an echocardiographic evaluation of an elderly man affected with Ebstein's anomaly. In the natural history of this congenital disease only 5% of patients survive beyond the fifth decade. The patient presented severe right heart failure and he was refered to our institution for heart transplantation.
Palmerini
Elisabetta
E
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital "S. Maria le Scotte", 53100 Siena, Italy.
Federici
Duccio
D
Del Pasqua
Alessia
A
Bernazzali
Sonia
S
Lisi
Matteo
M
Chiavarelli
Mario
M
Mondillo
Sergio
S
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