Prolonged survival in a patient with a single ventricle without pulmonary stenosis

Chest. 1994 Sep;106(3):971-2. doi: 10.1378/chest.106.3.971.

Abstract

Prolonged survival of the patient with a single ventricle is rare. We report the case of a 57-year-old man who has type A3 of Van Praagh's classification of single ventricle with pulmonary hypertension without pulmonary stenosis. Favorable streaming, a large bulboventricular foramen, and intact atrioventricular valves may have contributed to his long-term survival.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / mortality
  • Heart Ventricles / abnormalities
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / mortality
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis*
  • Survivors