Surgical correction of congenital heart disease at 76 years of age.
The management of adult congenital heart disease is challenging and poses specific problems. We report a patient with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis who underwent successful repair and coronary artery bypass grafting at the age of 76 years.
Sidhu
Maninder
M
Department of Cardiology, Fortis-Escorts Heart and Superspeciality Institute, Amritsar, Punjab, India. maninder1976@hotmail.com
Goel
Pankaj
P
Chopra
Arun K
AK
Chopra
Suruchi
S
Sidhu
Shailpreet
S
D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011662:Pulmonary Subvalvular Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome