Acute heart failure in an adult with unrecognized congenital heart disease

Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2011 Sep;76(3):149-50. doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2011.187.

Abstract

We report a case of 46 year-old man, admitted to our Department for a possible massive pulmonary embolism. Instead, diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot was established by echocardiography and cardiac catetherization.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Heart Failure / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / complications*
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / diagnosis
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / diagnostic imaging
  • Ultrasonography