Missed Tetralogy of Fallot in an Elderly Woman With a Known Ventricular Septal DefectNovel Teaching Points

Tetralogy of Fallot is a congenital heart disease comprised of a tetrad of ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, overriding aorta, and right ventricular hypertrophy. In developed countries, most cases are diagnosed in babies; mortality is high if not surgically corrected in a timely manner....

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Main Authors: Dinesh Kalra, MD, Sumit Sohal, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:CJC Open
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X20300809
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spelling doaj-4c261e641155442aa7594af2e1e5b4982020-12-01T04:06:08ZengElsevierCJC Open2589-790X2020-11-0126695698Missed Tetralogy of Fallot in an Elderly Woman With a Known Ventricular Septal DefectNovel Teaching PointsDinesh Kalra, MD0Sumit Sohal, MD1Division of Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Corresponding author: Dr Dinesh K. Kalra, Director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Director of Lipid Clinic & Infiltrative Cardiac Disease Program, Division of Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, 1717 W. Congress Parkway, Kellogg Suite 320, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA. Tel: +1-312-942-4601; fax: +1-312-942-6334.Department of Internal Medicine, Amita Health Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, USATetralogy of Fallot is a congenital heart disease comprised of a tetrad of ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, overriding aorta, and right ventricular hypertrophy. In developed countries, most cases are diagnosed in babies; mortality is high if not surgically corrected in a timely manner. We describe herein a woman who was diagnosed at age 73 years. Several factors accounted for her unusual longevity. We highlight the importance of multimodal imaging to look for other associated anomalies of tetralogy of Fallot in cases of apparent simple ventricular septal defect when the echocardiographic images are either suggestive or suboptimal. Résumé: La tétralogie de Fallot est une maladie cardiaque congénitale, tétrade comprenant une communication inter-ventriculaire, une sténose pulmonaire, une dextroposition de l’aorte et une hypertrophie du ventricule droit. Dans les pays développés, la plupart des cas sont diagnostiqués chez des nourissons; la mortalité est élevée si elle n’est pas corrigée chirurgicalement en temps opportun. Nous rapportons le cas d’une femme qui a été diagnostiquée à l’âge de 73 ans. Plusieurs facteurs expliquent sa longévité inhabituelle. Nous soulignons l’importance de l’imagerie multimodale pour rechercher d’autres anomalies associées à la tétralogie de Fallot dans les cas apparemment simples de communication inter-ventriculaire lorsque les images échocardiographiques sont soit révélatrices, soit imparfaites.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X20300809
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Missed Tetralogy of Fallot in an Elderly Woman With a Known Ventricular Septal DefectNovel Teaching Points
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title Missed Tetralogy of Fallot in an Elderly Woman With a Known Ventricular Septal DefectNovel Teaching Points
title_short Missed Tetralogy of Fallot in an Elderly Woman With a Known Ventricular Septal DefectNovel Teaching Points
title_full Missed Tetralogy of Fallot in an Elderly Woman With a Known Ventricular Septal DefectNovel Teaching Points
title_fullStr Missed Tetralogy of Fallot in an Elderly Woman With a Known Ventricular Septal DefectNovel Teaching Points
title_full_unstemmed Missed Tetralogy of Fallot in an Elderly Woman With a Known Ventricular Septal DefectNovel Teaching Points
title_sort missed tetralogy of fallot in an elderly woman with a known ventricular septal defectnovel teaching points
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publishDate 2020-11-01
description Tetralogy of Fallot is a congenital heart disease comprised of a tetrad of ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, overriding aorta, and right ventricular hypertrophy. In developed countries, most cases are diagnosed in babies; mortality is high if not surgically corrected in a timely manner. We describe herein a woman who was diagnosed at age 73 years. Several factors accounted for her unusual longevity. We highlight the importance of multimodal imaging to look for other associated anomalies of tetralogy of Fallot in cases of apparent simple ventricular septal defect when the echocardiographic images are either suggestive or suboptimal. Résumé: La tétralogie de Fallot est une maladie cardiaque congénitale, tétrade comprenant une communication inter-ventriculaire, une sténose pulmonaire, une dextroposition de l’aorte et une hypertrophie du ventricule droit. Dans les pays développés, la plupart des cas sont diagnostiqués chez des nourissons; la mortalité est élevée si elle n’est pas corrigée chirurgicalement en temps opportun. Nous rapportons le cas d’une femme qui a été diagnostiquée à l’âge de 73 ans. Plusieurs facteurs expliquent sa longévité inhabituelle. Nous soulignons l’importance de l’imagerie multimodale pour rechercher d’autres anomalies associées à la tétralogie de Fallot dans les cas apparemment simples de communication inter-ventriculaire lorsque les images échocardiographiques sont soit révélatrices, soit imparfaites.
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