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Echocardiographic Assessment of Ebstein's Anomaly in a 60-Year-Old Man
Author(s) -
Elisabetta Palmerini,
Duccio Federici,
Alessia Del Pasqua,
Sonia Bernazzali,
Matteo Lisi,
Mario Chiavarelli,
Sergio Mondillo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
case reports in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1687-9627
pISSN - 1687-9635
DOI - 10.1155/2009/653741
Subject(s) - medicine , ebstein's anomaly , natural history , anomaly (physics) , heart failure , cardiology , heart transplantation , disease , pediatrics , tricuspid valve , physics , condensed matter physics
We present an echocardiographic evaluation of an elderly man affected with Ebstein's anomaly. In the natural history of this congenital disease only 5% of patients survive beyond the fifth decade. The patient presented severe right heart failure and he was refered to our institution for heart transplantation.

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