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Uhl's Anomaly: A Rare Case of Portal Hypertension

Uhl's anomaly is a rare congenital heart disease characterized by partial or complete absence of the right ventricular myocardium and high early mortality rates. We describe a case of Uhl's anomaly in a 27-year-old young male patient presenting with portal hypertension and esophageal varic...

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Autores principales: Agarwal, Rakesh, Datta, Rajarshi, Saha, Manjari, Sarkar, Nirmalendu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5363090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28400938
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1995-705X.201779
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author Agarwal, Rakesh
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description Uhl's anomaly is a rare congenital heart disease characterized by partial or complete absence of the right ventricular myocardium and high early mortality rates. We describe a case of Uhl's anomaly in a 27-year-old young male patient presenting with portal hypertension and esophageal varices. In this article, we review the literature associated with this condition and highlight a rare presentation of a rare disease. This report adds to our current knowledge of this exceedingly rare disorder.
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spelling pubmed-53630902017-04-11 Uhl's Anomaly: A Rare Case of Portal Hypertension Agarwal, Rakesh Datta, Rajarshi Saha, Manjari Sarkar, Nirmalendu Heart Views Case Report Uhl's anomaly is a rare congenital heart disease characterized by partial or complete absence of the right ventricular myocardium and high early mortality rates. We describe a case of Uhl's anomaly in a 27-year-old young male patient presenting with portal hypertension and esophageal varices. In this article, we review the literature associated with this condition and highlight a rare presentation of a rare disease. This report adds to our current knowledge of this exceedingly rare disorder. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5363090/ /pubmed/28400938 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1995-705X.201779 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Heart Views http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Uhl's Anomaly: A Rare Case of Portal Hypertension
title Uhl's Anomaly: A Rare Case of Portal Hypertension
title_full Uhl's Anomaly: A Rare Case of Portal Hypertension
title_fullStr Uhl's Anomaly: A Rare Case of Portal Hypertension
title_full_unstemmed Uhl's Anomaly: A Rare Case of Portal Hypertension
title_short Uhl's Anomaly: A Rare Case of Portal Hypertension
title_sort uhl's anomaly: a rare case of portal hypertension
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5363090/
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