An elderly case of right ventricular outflow obstruction precisely diagnosed and successfully treated with surgical repair.
Congenital diseases causing an obstruction of the right ventricular outflow are difficult to precisely diagnose, especially in elderly patients. Here, we describe a 76-year-old woman who presented to our hospital with shortness of breath on exertion and was finally diagnosed as infundibular pulmonary stenosis by multiple modalities. Surgery was successfully performed and the symptom was relieved. This case underscored the usefulness of multiple modalities for the precise assessment of the right ventricular outflow obstruction and the effectiveness of surgery even in elderly patients with infundibular pulmonary stenosis.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita.
Masateru
M
Takigawa
Satoshi
S
Nakatani
Kazuhiko
K
Hashimura
Koji
K
Kagisaki
Suzu
S
Kanzaki
Yoshio
Y
Arakaki
Yukihiko
Y
Yoshida
Haruo
H
Hirayama
D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*