Heart Transplantation in a 14-Year-Old Boy in the Presence of Severe Out-of-Proportion Pulmonary Hypertension due to Restrictive Left Heart Disease: A Case Report

A 14-year-old boy after balloon valvuloplasty of severe aortic valve stenosis in the neonatal period was referred for heart-lung transplantation because of high grade pulmonary hypertension and left heart dysfunction due to endocardial fibroelastosis with severe mitral insufficiency. After heart cat...

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Main Authors: Martin Schwienbacher, Ulrich Schweigmann, Nikolaus Neu, Elisabeth Schermer, Corinna Velik-Salchner, Ina Michel-Behnke, Erentraud Irnberger, Christina Maria Steger, Jörg Ingolf Stein, Ralf Geiger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/418565