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Caso clínico: adulto con anomalía de Ebstein

  • Jennifer Paola Pacheco Rodriguez (First Author)
  • , Irene Lucia Torres Washima

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Abstract

Introduction: Ebstein's anomaly is characterized by low implantation of the septal and posterior tricuspid leaflets; therefore, the right atrium is wide and its ventricle is small. Being a rather rare pathology in our environment, it is underdiagnosed and does not receive the appropriate treatment. Therefore, it is important to know it to avoid a delay in its clinical surgical management.Clinical case: The patient is 46-year-old male, with a history of congenital hearing loss, who presented dyspnea (functional class III) plus palpitations and atypical chest pain approximately 1 year ago. In the physical examination, he revealed a holosystolic murmur in the tricuspid focus and moderate use of accessory muscles. A transesophageal echocardiogram revealed atrial arrhythmia plus implantation of the tricuspid leaflets and it was started a clinical treatment plus flutter ablation. In the evolution he presented improvement of the symptoms and depending on the deterioration of the functional class, surgical treatment.Conclusions: in this case, clinical treatment and flutter ablation were adjusted according to the patient's symptoms, showing improvement
Original languageSpanish
JournalRevista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Cuenca
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2020

Keywords

  • Anomalía de Ebstein; Aleteo atrial; Cardiopatías congénitas

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