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"A 57-year-old white male was found to have an abnormal ECG"

"An otherwise healthy 1-year-old girl was referred for cardiac assessment because of an ejection systolic murmur."

"A 52-year-old man complained of dyspnea on exertion for 1 month."

"23-year-old patient who presented with exertional dyspnea, fatigue, and palpitations."

"A 9-year-old girl underwent transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) to determine whether there was an indication for transcatheter closure of her secundum atrial septal defect (ASD)."

"A 49-year-old woman with symptomatic pulmonary stenosis underwent percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty."

"Physical and radiographic examinations showed skeletal hand malformations."

"A routine ECG showed atrial fibrillation with right bundle-branch block, and the chest radiograph revealed marked prominence of the central pulmonary arteries."

"A 70-year-old woman was evaluated for worsening angina. Physical examination disclosed a harsh diastolic murmur."

"A 48-year-old man suffered from ventricular septal defect with the Eisenmenger syndrome."

"A10-year-old boy with aortic valve stenosis treated by surgical valvotomy when he was 6 months old underwent balloon dilatation of recurrent aortic stenosis."

"African 3-year-old boy had had a systolic and diastolic murmur of 3/6 maximal at the left midsternal border in the neonatal period..."

"A12-month-old child was evaluated for pulmonary atre-sia with ventricular septal defect..."

On echocardiography, "the aorta did not connect to the left ventricle" and the superior aspect of the ventricular septum was "prominent."

Images in cardiovascular medicine. Acute myocardial infarction in uncorrected tetralogy of fallot.

A coronary anomalie was found by routine echocardiogrphy of a 72-year-old woman.

"This picture was obtained in a 61-year-old female patient referred for myocardial infarction of the left anterior ventricular wall."

"14-year-old girl referred for a systolic murmur."

"A two-year-old boy came to medical attention because he lost consciousness four times over a period of five months."

"A 52-year-old man complained of dyspnea on exertion for 1 month."

Images in clinical medicine. Aberrant right subclavian artery and dysphagia lusoria.

"A 15-year-old boy underwent successful cardiac transplantation for severe congestive heart failure."

"A 27-year-old male truck driver presented with recurrent rapid palpitations associated with near-syncope for 6 months."

"A6-month-old girl (3.5 months corrected, born at 28 weeks gestational age) presented with a history of increasing tachypnea, diaphoresis, difficulty feeding, and poor weight gain."

"A 60-year-old man without cardiac history underwent angiography to assess the severity of bilateral carotid artery stenosis."

"18-month-old, 8.8-kg infant with cor triatriatum..."

"28-year-old woman presented with chest pain caused by progressive myocardial ischemia."

"A 55-year-old man presented with dyspnea on effort and atypical chest pain."

36-year-old female with dyspnea suffered and episode of syncope.

"The patient was a 12-year-old boy who was born with a coarctation of the thoracic aorta."

73-year-old man presents with dyspnea on exertion and chest tightness.

18-year-old woman presents with dyspnea and left-arm numbness.

"68-year-old patient was referred for transesophageal echocardiography to look for a possible cardiac source of embolization."

"A large coronary arteriovenous fistula can be seen originating in the left coronary artery."

"A66-year-old man was admitted for evaluation of a heart murmur, atypical thoracic pain, and exertional dyspnea..."

86-year-old woman with intermittent dyspnea and cyanosis.

"11-year-old girl who presented with pain and tenderness of the left iliac fossa."

A 14-year-old girl who had a myocardial infarction at age 3 presents with calcification on her chest x-ray.

"43-year-old woman who presented with paroxysmal tachycardia and progressive heart failure."

Rendu-Osler-Weber Disease : Transthoracic Doppler Ultrasonographic Findings.

"A 70-year-old man was referred for recent-onset angina."

Pseudoaneurysm of a conduit implanted to treat coarctation of the aorta.

"A 26-year-old obese woman presented with progressive exertional dyspnea and cyanosis."

38-year-old woman who was unable to bear down during pregnancy experienced chest pain when sleeping on her side.

"A 61-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of angina occurring at rest and on exertion."

"A65-year-old woman complained of nocturnal dyspnea, a period of stabbing pain between the shoulder blades, and swollen ankles that had persisted for 3 days. "

"A 25-year-old woman who had had a single syncopal episode two years earlier..."

"Thoracopagus is the most common form of conjoined twins..."

61-year-old man with Ebstein's anomaly presented with palpitations and chest pain.

"A26-year-old man was admitted to a private nursing home in December 1995 with the sudden onset of palpitations."

"A 30-year-old farmer was referred for evaluation of a bicuspid aortic valve."

"A 52-year-old black woman with history of ventricular septal defect (VSD) as a child presented with dyspnea on exertion, abdominal swelling, and bilateral lower extremity edema..."

"63-year-old asymptomatic woman with a loud continuous cardiac murmur..."

Images in cardiovascular medicine. Truncus arteriosus and double aortic arch.

Assessment of double chamber right ventricle by magnetic resonance imaging.

"A 56-year-old woman was admitted with an atrial septal defect of the secundum type."

"A 41-year-old man presented with dyspnea on exertion."

"An obese 46-year-old man came to the emergency room with the acute onset of numbness and a cold feeling in both hands..."

"A4-year-old girl with tetralogy of Fallot had complete repair by open-heart surgery with patch closure of the ventricular septal defect, resection of the pulmonary valve, and placement of a transannular pericardial patch to enlarge the right ventricular

"A 49-year-old woman underwent cardiac evaluation because of an abnormal ECG."

42-year-old woman presented with transient neurologic episodes and a giant right ventricle.

"A 20-year-old man presented with a history of acute-onset left-sided chest pain that radiated to the left shoulder and arm."

54-year old woman has chest pain years after repair of an aortic coarctation.

"A 50-year-old man was accepted as a multiorgan donor."

"A continuous murmur heard on the 10th day of life in a 590-g infant..."

"An asymptomatic 57-year-old woman presented with dextrocardia and situs inversus..."

"A 45-year-old woman with pulmonary hypertension and polycythemia presented with increasing cyanosis, edema of the legs, and dyspnea."

"A 36-year-old woman was admitted to a regional cardiac care center elsewhere with a history of intermittent palpitations and giddiness."

"A 7-year-old girl presented with severe dyspnea and pneumonia..."

"A 9-month-old previously healthy girl presented to the emergency room in congestive heart failure."

64-year old with missing pulmonary artery.

"A 74-year-old woman with a history of lung tuberculosis, peptic ulcer, diabetes mellitus (type 2), and progressive deterioration of psychomotor activity..."

"A 53-year-old man with a family history of premature atherosclerosis, borderline hypercholesterolemia, and a 15-pack-year history of cigarette smoking was seen for intermittent claudication, which had been present for six months."

"A 65-year-old woman presented with a systolic-diastolic murmur."

"A 35-year-old white woman with a history of migraine headaches and a grade 2 systolic murmur presented with symptoms of slurred speech, left-sided facial droop, and left hemiparesis after a hysterectomy. "

"French immigration physicians found high blood pressure and heart murmur."

Edited by Donald L Vine MD

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