Key result
An 80-year-old woman with a partial atrioventricular septal defect presented with progressive dyspnea and palpitations and was managed with medical therapy after refusing surgical repair.
Why the study?
Long-term survival of patients with partial atrioventricular septal defect without operative therapy is very rare.
Case Report (n=1)
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This case highlights the rare survival of a patient with an unoperated partial atrioventricular septal defect into their eighth decade of life.
Supports individualized medical management in elderly patients declining repair; leaves open systematic study of natural history in unoperated partial AVSD.
Long-term survival of patients with partial atrioventricular septal defect (PAVSD) without operative therapy is very rare. We report the case of an 80-year-old woman who presented with dyspnea, palpitations, and deteriorating general condition and was diagnosed by routine echocardiography.
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Qady et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Partial atrioventricular septal defect (PAVSD) (n=1). Medical therapy (furosemide, spironolactone, anticoagulant, beta-blockers) was evaluated. An 80-year-old woman with a partial atrioventricular septal defect presented with progressive dyspnea and palpitations and was managed with medical therapy after refusing surgical repair.
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