Paucisymptomatic Tetralogy of Fallot diagnosed in a 56-year-old patient: a case report

BACKGROUND: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease. It is generally diagnosed and surgically repaired early in life, with good overall outcomes. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a patient incidentally diagnosed with paucisymptomatic TOF at the age of 5...

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Autores principales: Hakim, Kaouthar, Benothman, Rihab, Mekki, Nouha, Msaad, Hela, Ouarda, Fatma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10219914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37233917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43044-023-00372-3
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author Hakim, Kaouthar
Benothman, Rihab
Mekki, Nouha
Msaad, Hela
Ouarda, Fatma
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description BACKGROUND: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease. It is generally diagnosed and surgically repaired early in life, with good overall outcomes. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a patient incidentally diagnosed with paucisymptomatic TOF at the age of 56 years old, during investigations for carbon monoxide poisoning. The patient had a history of thyroidectomy, arterial hypertension, and four uncomplicated vaginal deliveries. CONCLUSIONS: This case shows us that some patients with TOF can reach older ages without surgical correction. Late surgical repair should be meticulously decided on a case basis. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s43044-023-00372-3.
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spelling pubmed-102199142023-05-28 Paucisymptomatic Tetralogy of Fallot diagnosed in a 56-year-old patient: a case report Hakim, Kaouthar Benothman, Rihab Mekki, Nouha Msaad, Hela Ouarda, Fatma Egypt Heart J Case Report BACKGROUND: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease. It is generally diagnosed and surgically repaired early in life, with good overall outcomes. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a patient incidentally diagnosed with paucisymptomatic TOF at the age of 56 years old, during investigations for carbon monoxide poisoning. The patient had a history of thyroidectomy, arterial hypertension, and four uncomplicated vaginal deliveries. CONCLUSIONS: This case shows us that some patients with TOF can reach older ages without surgical correction. Late surgical repair should be meticulously decided on a case basis. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s43044-023-00372-3. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10219914/ /pubmed/37233917 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43044-023-00372-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Ouarda, Fatma
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title Paucisymptomatic Tetralogy of Fallot diagnosed in a 56-year-old patient: a case report
title_full Paucisymptomatic Tetralogy of Fallot diagnosed in a 56-year-old patient: a case report
title_fullStr Paucisymptomatic Tetralogy of Fallot diagnosed in a 56-year-old patient: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Paucisymptomatic Tetralogy of Fallot diagnosed in a 56-year-old patient: a case report
title_short Paucisymptomatic Tetralogy of Fallot diagnosed in a 56-year-old patient: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10219914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37233917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43044-023-00372-3
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