title: An unusual cardiac manifestation in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
abstract: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is a common hereditary disorder characterized by renal and extrarenal, cystic and noncystic manifestations. Connective tissue defects, including cerebral aneurysm, meningeal diverticula, abdominal wall hernias, intestinal diverticula, and cardiac valvular abnormalities, are widely known manifestations. Instead intracardiac aneurysms have never been reported in adults with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. We describe a 65-year-old patient with end-stage renal disease due to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and an atrial septum aneurysm associated with platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Hypertension, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Fausta
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Catapano
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Unit, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pancaldi
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pace Napoleone
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Hypertension, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Lucia Barbara
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: De Sanctis
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
authors.affiliation: Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Ospedale Santa Maria delle Croci, 48121 Ravenna, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Emiliani
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Hypertension, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santoro