title: Ebstein's anomaly.
abstract: Ebstein's anomaly is a rare congenital heart disease, accounting for less than 1% of all congenital heart diseases, characterized by a wide clinical, electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, anatomic and prognostic polymorphism. The disease can be fatal since birth or may remain asymptomatic until adulthood, sometimes being associated with septal defects, transposition of great vessels, preexcitation syndromes, or left ventricular noncompaction. The genetic changes underlying this syndrome are not fully known, but in the cases associating left ventricular nonompaction a mutation in MYH7 gene encoding the beta-myosin heavy chain was recently detected. The authors present 2 cases of Ebstein's anomaly with different onset and course and discuss the current clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic criteria used for prognostic stratification of Ebstein disease in relation to international literature.
authors: 1st Medical Department Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital lasi.
authors: Corina
authors: C
authors: Dima-Cozma
authors: 1st Medical Department Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital lasi.
authors: Doina-Clementina
authors: DC
authors: Cojocaru
authors: Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Clinic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Grigore T. Popa - Iasi.
authors: Silvia
authors: S
authors: Chiriac
authors: 1st Medical Department Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital lasi.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Negru
authors: 1st Medical Department Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital lasi.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Mitu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054537:Atrioventricular Block / Q000209:etiology; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000209:etiology; D024722:Cardiac Myosins / Q000235:genetics; D003287:Contrast Media; D004437:Ebstein Anomaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D018619:Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed / Q000379:methods; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D003287:Contrast Media; C501641:MYH7 protein, human; D024722:Cardiac Myosins; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains