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Atrial septal defect with right-to-left shunt in the absence of pulmonary hypertension

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2017

Devi A. Manuel*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India
Gopal C. Ghosh
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India
Anoop G. Alex
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India
*
Correspondence to: Dr D. A. Manuel, Department of Cardiology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, IDA Scudder Road, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nadu, India. Tel: +91 99 423 82 478; Fax: +0416 223 2035; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

We describe the case of a 27-year-old gentleman who developed late-onset clubbing and cyanosis. Transoesophageal echocardiography revealed a 27-mm ostium secundum atrial septal defect and a large, floppy Eustachian valve directing right atrial blood to the left side of the heart.

Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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