Secundum atrial septal defect with Eisenmenger syndrome: A scarcely reported disease in Nigeria

Atrial septal defect (ASD) may be rarely associated with Eisenmenger syndrome (ES), the most advanced form of pulmonary vascular disease to complicate a congenital heart disease. In spite of availability of pediatric cardiologists and two-dimensional-echochardiography in many tertiary health care ce...

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Autores principales: Nwosu, Nnamdi I., Omejua, Emeka, Udora, Nneka, Nwosu, Ezinne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29269987
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0300-1652.219346
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author Nwosu, Nnamdi I.
Omejua, Emeka
Udora, Nneka
Nwosu, Ezinne
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description Atrial septal defect (ASD) may be rarely associated with Eisenmenger syndrome (ES), the most advanced form of pulmonary vascular disease to complicate a congenital heart disease. In spite of availability of pediatric cardiologists and two-dimensional-echochardiography in many tertiary health care centers in Nigeria, late referral and late diagnosis of ASD still occur leading to the development of ES. We describe a case of a 19-year-old male with ASD who presented late with ES.
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spelling pubmed-57261792017-12-21 Secundum atrial septal defect with Eisenmenger syndrome: A scarcely reported disease in Nigeria Nwosu, Nnamdi I. Omejua, Emeka Udora, Nneka Nwosu, Ezinne Niger Med J Case Report Atrial septal defect (ASD) may be rarely associated with Eisenmenger syndrome (ES), the most advanced form of pulmonary vascular disease to complicate a congenital heart disease. In spite of availability of pediatric cardiologists and two-dimensional-echochardiography in many tertiary health care centers in Nigeria, late referral and late diagnosis of ASD still occur leading to the development of ES. We describe a case of a 19-year-old male with ASD who presented late with ES. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5726179/ /pubmed/29269987 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0300-1652.219346 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Nigerian Medical Journal 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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Nwosu, Nnamdi I.
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Secundum atrial septal defect with Eisenmenger syndrome: A scarcely reported disease in Nigeria
title Secundum atrial septal defect with Eisenmenger syndrome: A scarcely reported disease in Nigeria
title_full Secundum atrial septal defect with Eisenmenger syndrome: A scarcely reported disease in Nigeria
title_fullStr Secundum atrial septal defect with Eisenmenger syndrome: A scarcely reported disease in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Secundum atrial septal defect with Eisenmenger syndrome: A scarcely reported disease in Nigeria
title_short Secundum atrial septal defect with Eisenmenger syndrome: A scarcely reported disease in Nigeria
title_sort secundum atrial septal defect with eisenmenger syndrome: a scarcely reported disease in nigeria
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726179/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0300-1652.219346
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