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Unusual cause of pulsatile liver. A case report
1Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town.
Abstract:
A patient with tricuspid atresia developed a pulsatile liver after palliative cardiac surgery. This was complicated by infective endocarditis causing gross mitral incompetence; it is postulated that this was the cause of the pulsatile liver.
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