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Ebstein's malformation with covered defect of the ventricular septum
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 August 2008
Abstract
The case of a 27-year-old male with Ebstein's malformation combined with a ventricular septal defect is reported. On its right ventricular side the defect was covered by the dysplastic septal tricuspid leaflet, creating a small chamber in continuity with the left ventricle, but without shunt into the remaining components of the right ventricle. The ventricular septal defect and a patent oval foramen were closed operatively after a cerebral embolic event to eliminate probable sources of thromboemboli preventing the inherent risks of life-long anticoagulation for a young patient. Intraoperative morphology confirmed the preoperative findings.
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