title: Acute heart failure in an adult with unrecognized congenital heart disease.
abstract: We report a case of 46 year-old man, admitted to our Department for a possible massive pulmonary embolism. Instead, diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot was established by echocardiography and cardiac catetherization.
authors.affiliation: University of Foggia, Department of Cardiology, Italy. opsfco@tin.it
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Correale
authors.forename: Agostino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lopizzo
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruggero
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cuculo
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leva
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Biase
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography