Abstract
BACKGROUND: A 33-year-old adult with complex congenital heart disease and severe cyanosis presented to us with increasing symptoms of hyperviscosity, decreasing exercise tolerance and a thromboembolic complication. INVESTIGATION: Physical examination, laboratory investigations, ECG, transthoracic echocardiogram, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, angiography. DIAGNOSIS: Subvalvular and valvular pulmonary stenosis due to a calcified pulmonary valve. TREATMENT: Amiodarone, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, beta-blockers, percutaneous pulmonary balloon valvuloplasty, warfarin.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 289-290+3p |
| Journal | EuroIntervention |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2014 |
Keywords
- Congenital heart disease
- Cyanosis
- Palliation
- Pulmonary valvuloplasty
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