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Surgical Correction of Lutembacher's Syndrome in a Patient with Severe Pulmonary Artery Hypertension
Author(s) -
Khanna Surendra Nath,
Paul Mathews,
Bhan Suraj,
Sharma Krishnan K.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12340
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , pulmonary hypertension , pulmonary artery , ventricle , incidence (geometry) , stenosis , optics , physics
Abstract Lutembacher's syndrome is an uncommon combination of a congenital ostium secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) with acquired mitral stenosis (MS). The incidence of this condition is very rare. The symptoms are dependent upon the size of the ASD, severity of the MS, compliance of the right ventricle and pulmonary artery hypertension. We describe a patient with Lutembacher's syndrome with severe pulmonary hypertension who underwent successful surgical repair. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12340 (J Card Surg 2014;29:569–571)