Echocardiographic Assessment of Ebstein's Anomaly in a 60-Year-Old Man

Elisabetta Palmerini; Duccio Federici; Alessia Del Pasqua; Sonia Bernazzali; Matteo Lisi; Mario Chiavarelli; Sergio Mondillo

doi:10.1155/2009/653741

Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2009)

Echocardiographic Assessment of Ebstein's Anomaly in a 60-Year-Old Man

Elisabetta Palmerini,
Duccio Federici,
Alessia Del Pasqua,
Sonia Bernazzali,
Matteo Lisi,
Mario Chiavarelli,
Sergio Mondillo

Affiliations

Elisabetta Palmerini: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital “S. Maria le Scotte”, 53100 Siena, Italy
Duccio Federici: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital “S. Maria le Scotte”, 53100 Siena, Italy
Alessia Del Pasqua: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital “S. Maria le Scotte”, 53100 Siena, Italy
Sonia Bernazzali: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital “S. Maria le Scotte”, 53100 Siena, Italy
Matteo Lisi: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital “S. Maria le Scotte”, 53100 Siena, Italy
Mario Chiavarelli: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital “S. Maria le Scotte”, 53100 Siena, Italy
Sergio Mondillo: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital “S. Maria le Scotte”, 53100 Siena, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/653741
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2009

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We present an echocardiographic evaluation of an elderly man affected with Ebstein's anomaly. In the natural history of this congenital disease only 5% of patients survive beyond the fifth decade. The patient presented severe right heart failure and he was refered to our institution for heart transplantation.

Published in Case Reports in Medicine

ISSN: 1687-9627 (Print); 1687-9635 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1683

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