Saturday, May 10, 2008

Case: Pulmonary atresia with VSD and PDA

A girl of 8 years admitted in our hospital with hyperpyrexia of 3 days duration.

She is well built, of good nutrition, no pallor, but had cyanosis and clubbing
Precordial examination reveals cardiomegaly and a murmur in the pulmonary area with both systolic and diastolic in component with radiation to the clavicle. Other systems found normal

Her X-ray shows cardiomegaly with right vetricular enlargement. ECG shows right ventricular hypertropy and Echo shows Pulmonary Atresia, VSD and PDA.

The patient traveled to India earlier and was seen by great cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Sethi.
The fever was of viral origin. After it subsided, patient was discharged and the parents were taking preparation to have the operation done at Bangalore shortly.


Dr. Badrud Doza
Dr. Fahim

Link : Pulmonary Atresia

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