title: Tetralogy of Fallot with cor triatriatum dexter in an adult patient: a case report.
abstract: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic congenital heart defect with only approximately 3% of uncorrected patients surviving past age 40. In this case report, we present a 48-year-old mentally retarded man suffering from congenital spastic quadriplegia who was diagnosed with a unique combination of symptomatic TOF and cor triatriatum dexter (CTD). Reduced preload because of CTD with spastic quadriplegia that prevented physical exertion is believed to have facilitated this patient's unusually long survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia. mario.udovicic@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Udovičić
authors.forename: Stanko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Biočić
authors.forename: Josip
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vincelj
authors.forename: Matija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crnogorac
authors.forename: Ivana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sakić
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Starčević
mesh_terms: D001062:Appendectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000150:complications; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors