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ArticleSAGE open medical case reports2021

Case report of an atrial septal defect with negative transthoracic echocardiography, a diagnostic challenge in a middle-aged female with marked dyspnoea.

Chathuri Liyanapathirana, Shashika Mihirani Arthanayake, Sisil Widyaratne, Saman Chandana, Danajani Senevirathne

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Article in SAGE open medical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Chathuri LiyanapathiranaProvincial General Hospital, Badulla, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3889-0956
Shashika Mihirani ArthanayakeProvincial General Hospital, Badulla, Sri Lanka.
Sisil WidyaratneProvincial General Hospital, Badulla, Sri Lanka.
Saman ChandanaProvincial General Hospital, Badulla, Sri Lanka.
Danajani SenevirathneProvincial General Hospital, Badulla, Sri Lanka.

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Abstract

A 39-year-old G3P3 female presented with abrupt onset dyspnoea of one month duration. She was markedly symptomatic when lying supine and resorted to prone sleeping. Chest X-ray reported as cardiomegaly. Transthoracic echocardiography was unremarkable twice. Computed tomography chest showed a dilated pulmonary artery. Transesophageal echocardiography identified a 12-mm ostium secundum atrial septal defect with mild pulmonary hypertension. The defect was closed with a cocoon device and rendered her symptom free. This case highlights the importance of timely organization of transesophageal echocardiography when transthoracic echocardiography is negative. It also illustrates marked dyspnoea could be a presentation of undiagnosed atrial septal defect with mild pulmonary hypertension.

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atrial septal defectCardiovasculardyspnoeapulmonary hypertension

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PMID33996091
PMCPMC8082974
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