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Seventy-five years' survival in partial atrioventricular septal defect
Ingrid C Gauer1, Kay Peters, Norbert W Guldner
1Department of Pathology, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
The Journal of Heart Valve Disease
|August 16, 2003
Summary
Long-term survival without surgery for partial atrioventricular septal defect (PAVSD) is rare. This case highlights a 75-year-old man with a large ostium primum atrial septal defect (ASD) and late-onset pulmonary hypertension, surviving decades longer than typical.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Pathology
- Medical Case Reports
Background:
- Partial atrioventricular septal defect (PAVSD) typically requires surgical intervention for long-term survival.
- Conservative management without operative therapy for PAVSD is exceedingly uncommon.
- Patient presented with symptoms suggestive of advanced cardiac disease but had a history of refusing invasive diagnosis.