title: A 14-Year-Old Boy with Unusual Presentation of Respiratory Distress.
abstract: There are multiple cardiac etiologies for wheezing and respiratory distress which require a high degree of suspicion for the pediatrician to diagnose. We present a case of a patient with a history of long-standing mild persistent asthma with minimal improvement on controller and bronchodilator therapies who presented to the emergency room with acute respiratory distress. When he demonstrated a lack of improvement with traditional respiratory therapies, additional etiologies of respiratory distress were considered. Ultimately an echocardiogram was performed, which revealed the diagnosis of cor triatriatum. He underwent surgical resection of his accessory membrane and has had no additional symptoms of asthma since repair.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Adam W
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5537-032X
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hanke
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: James S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Tweddell
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Madsen