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Morphological and Functional Assessment of the Right Ventricle Using 3D Echocardiography
Published on: October 28, 2020
An elderly case of right ventricular outflow obstruction precisely diagnosed and successfully treated with surgical
Masateru Takigawa1, Satoshi Nakatani, Kazuhiko Hashimura
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita.
Abstract:
Congenital diseases causing an obstruction of the right ventricular outflow are difficult to precisely diagnose, especially in elderly patients. Here, we describe a 76-year-old woman who presented to our hospital with shortness of breath on exertion and was finally diagnosed as infundibular pulmonary stenosis by multiple modalities. Surgery was successfully performed and the symptom was relieved. This case underscored the usefulness of multiple modalities for the precise assessment of the right ventricular outflow obstruction and the effectiveness of surgery even in elderly patients with infundibular pulmonary stenosis.
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