title: [Long-term survival in a case of unoperated single ventricle].
abstract: Single ventricle is a rare congenital heart disease, typically diagnosed with dyspnea and cyanosis. The number of patients who reach adulthood without having undergone surgical treatment is limited due to poor prognosis. While some reports describe patients who have reached the 2nd and 3rd decades of life, it is very interesting that the case of the patient who has lived the longest with unoperated single ventricle is reported in Turkey.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. bilge_dr@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Bilge
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duran Karaduman
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bayram
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hacı Ahmet
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Kasapkara
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Telat
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Keleş
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tahir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Durmaz
mesh_terms: D003490:Cyanosis; D004417:Dyspnea; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D014421:Turkey