A 26-Year-Old Woman with Worsening Dyspnea: Look Closer, Think Critically

KOZA Y., BİRDAL O., Pirimogl B., Tas H.

JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ECHOGRAPHY, cilt.30, sa.2, ss.116-118, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_24_20
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ECHOGRAPHY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, EMBASE
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.116-118
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Pulmonary hypertension due to congenital heart disease continues to be a diagnostic challenge despite modern diagnostic modalities. Herein, we report a 26-year-old woman with an incidentally documented patent ductus arteriosus and Eisenmenger syndrome. She presented with progressive dyspnea and exercise intolerance which was initially attributed to pulmonary embolus. She was started on macitentan and tadalafil therapy aiming to reduce the pulmonary vascular resistance with consideration for heart-lung transplantation should any further deterioration occur.