Echocardiographic Assessment of Ebstein's Anomaly in a 60-Year-Old Man
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 t...
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| author | Elisabetta Palmerini Duccio Federici Alessia Del Pasqua Sonia Bernazzali Matteo Lisi Mario Chiavarelli Sergio Mondillo |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b8d448eedd8048879642309735dd254a2025-02-03T06:13:09ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352009-01-01200910.1155/2009/653741653741Echocardiographic Assessment of Ebstein's Anomaly in a 60-Year-Old ManElisabetta Palmerini0Duccio Federici1Alessia Del Pasqua2Sonia Bernazzali3Matteo Lisi4Mario Chiavarelli5Sergio Mondillo6Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital “S. Maria le Scotte”, 53100 Siena, ItalyDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital “S. Maria le Scotte”, 53100 Siena, ItalyDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital “S. Maria le Scotte”, 53100 Siena, ItalyDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital “S. Maria le Scotte”, 53100 Siena, ItalyDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital “S. Maria le Scotte”, 53100 Siena, ItalyDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital “S. Maria le Scotte”, 53100 Siena, ItalyDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital “S. Maria le Scotte”, 53100 Siena, ItalyWe 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/653741 |
| spellingShingle | Elisabetta Palmerini Duccio Federici Alessia Del Pasqua Sonia Bernazzali Matteo Lisi Mario Chiavarelli Sergio Mondillo Echocardiographic Assessment of Ebstein's Anomaly in a 60-Year-Old Man Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Echocardiographic Assessment of Ebstein's Anomaly in a 60-Year-Old Man |
| title_full | Echocardiographic Assessment of Ebstein's Anomaly in a 60-Year-Old Man |
| title_fullStr | Echocardiographic Assessment of Ebstein's Anomaly in a 60-Year-Old Man |
| title_full_unstemmed | Echocardiographic Assessment of Ebstein's Anomaly in a 60-Year-Old Man |
| title_short | Echocardiographic Assessment of Ebstein's Anomaly in a 60-Year-Old Man |
| title_sort | echocardiographic assessment of ebstein s anomaly in a 60 year old man |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/653741 |
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