A case of patent ductus arteriosus with congestive heart failure in a 80-year-old man
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Implantation of Total Artificial Heart in Congenital Heart Disease
Published on: July 18, 2014
Hye Yeon Lee1, Sung-Ho Her, Mahn Won Park
1Division of Cardiology, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract:
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a rare clinical finding in adult patients. Considering the increase in cases of PDA discovered incidentally on echocardiograms at young ages, and the life-shortening effect of PDA, it is rare to diagnose PDA in old patients. We report a case of an 80-year-old patient who experienced symptoms of congestive heart failure showed findings suggestive of PDA in echocardiogram and confirmed the diagnosis through a cardiac catheterization and a coronary angiography. After percutaneous occlusion of PDA with an Amplatzer duct occlusion device, symptoms related to congestive heart failure improved.
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