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MEDISAN

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OLIVERA ESCALONA, Ángel Luis et al. Eisenmenger syndrome in an elderly patient. MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.6, pp.1001-1007. ISSN 1029-3019.

A case report of a 62 year-old patient with cyanotic congenital heart disease, who was admitted to the Cardiology Department of "Saturnino Lora" Provincial Teaching Clinical Surgical Hospital of Santiago de Cuba to present with shortness of breath was described. On physical examination cyanosis, complete arrhythmia and systolic murmur in mesocardium with signs of refractory heart failure of the right side were found. Complementary tests confirmed the diagnosis of Eisenmenger syndrome attributable to ventricular septal defect. Despite receiving medication she made bad progress and died. It is rare for patients with this complication survive into old age.

Palabras clave : elderly; cyanotic congenital heart disease; Eisenmenger syndrome; ventricular septal defect; Cardiology Department.

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