Late diagnosis of isolated congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries in a 92-year old woman

Ludivine Wissocque; Blandine Mondésert; Alain Eric Dubart

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezv379

Late diagnosis of isolated congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries in a 92-year old woman

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 May;49(5):1524-5. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv379. Epub 2015 Nov 15.

Authors

Ludivine Wissocque¹, Blandine Mondésert², Alain Eric Dubart³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lille University Hospital, Cardiology Hospital, Lille, France ludivine.wissocque@gmail.com.
² Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center at the Montreal Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
³ Emergency Department, Centre Hospitalier Germon-et-Gauthier, Béthune, France.

PMID: 26574496
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv379

Abstract

We report the case of a 92-year old woman with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (CCTGA). The case is remarkable as the CCTGA had remained undiagnosed until the diagnosis was made when the patient was aged 70 years, and had 10 pregnancies without heart failure.

Keywords: Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries; Elderly; Late diagnosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
Delayed Diagnosis
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
Female
Humans
Transposition of Great Vessels* / diagnosis
Transposition of Great Vessels* / diagnostic imaging
Transposition of Great Vessels* / physiopathology