Unrepaired tetralogy of Fallot in the adult: an unexpected diagnosis.
Pedro Garcia BrásTania Branco ManoLídia SousaPublished in: Cardiology in the young (2022)
A 40-year-old female is admitted for paroxysmal episodes of exertional dyspnoea, with associated cyanosis, improving with squatting, and a holosystolic murmur radiating to the interscapular area. Echocardiography showed a subaortic ventricular septal defect with left-to-right shunt and overriding aorta. The characteristic murmur prompted us to seek right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Magnetic resonance was performed, confirming Tetralogy of Fallot, and corrective surgery was performed.
Keyphrases
- magnetic resonance
- pulmonary artery
- left ventricular
- catheter ablation
- minimally invasive
- pulmonary hypertension
- coronary artery bypass
- atrial fibrillation
- heart failure
- computed tomography
- aortic valve
- coronary artery
- heat stress
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- contrast enhanced
- surgical site infection
- magnetic resonance imaging
- coronary artery disease
- childhood cancer
- acute coronary syndrome