Open AccessBreathless at the point of a sword
Author(s) -
Pooja Sethi,
Zia Ur Rahman,
Terry Forest,
Timir K. Paul
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.175226
Subject(s) - sword , medicine , point (geometry) , world wide web , computer science , geometry , mathematics
Scimitar syndrome is a congenital anomaly of pulmonary venous return where right pulmonary artery drains into right side other heart, instead of the left side, causing pulmonary hypertension resulting in shortness of breath, recurrent lower respiratory tract infections, chest pain, and fatigue. Early diagnosis and surgical intervention would correct this congenital anomaly reducing morbidity and complications in otherwise healthy young patients.