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Ascites in an uncorrected tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary valve absence in an adult patient

Part of: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2017

Leonel Avendaño-Perez Open the ORCID record for Leonel Avendaño-Perez [Opens in a new window]  and
Nilda Espinola-Zavaleta
Leonel Avendaño-Perez
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Echocardiography and Non-invasive Hemodynamics, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico
Nilda Espinola-Zavaleta*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Echocardiography and Non-invasive Hemodynamics, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico
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Correspondence to: N. Espinola-Zavaleta, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chavez, Juan Badiano N° 1, Colonia Sección XVI, Tlalpan, C. P. 14030, Ciudad de México, México. Tel: 5255 55732911; Fax: 5255 56063931; E-mail: niesza2001@hotmail.com
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Abstract

This is a case of a 37-year-old woman with uncorrected tetralogy of Fallot with the absence of pulmonary valve and history of heart murmur in childhood who did not have a medical approach. At 29 years of age she started with dyspnoea that in the last 7 months progressed to be of small effort and also referred increase of the abdominal perimeter.

Keywords

Tetralogy of Fallotascitic fluidabsent pulmonary valve syndrome
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , March 2018 , pp. 490 - 493
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