Abstract |
A male infant presented at birth with severe coarctation of the aorta and marginal left ventricular and mitral valve dimensions associated with a large secundum atrial septal defect. Following successful arch repair, the left ventricle remained small with preferential left-to-right atrial shunting and a dilated right ventricle. Clinically, the infant continued with tachypnea, poor feeding, and failure to thrive. At 4 months of age, the defect was closed with an Amplatzer Atrial Septal Occluder which resulted in immediate left ventricular cavity enlargement and clinical improvement.
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Authors | Emilie Jean-St-Michel, Martin Charles Kenneth Hosking, James Edward Potts, George Gabor Stephen Sandor |
Journal | Congenital heart disease
(Congenit Heart Dis)
Vol. 2
Issue 6
Pg. 442-5
( 2007)
ISSN: 1747-0803 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 18377440
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Aortic Coarctation
(complications, surgery)
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Echocardiography
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
(complications, diagnosis, surgery)
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant, Premature
- Male
- Prosthesis Implantation
(instrumentation, methods)
- Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
(complications, congenital, diagnosis)
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