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SUBMITTER: Vaidyanathan K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2696495 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Texas Heart Institute journal 20090101 3
Endomyocardial fibrosis is a rare disease that is seen most commonly in tropical countries. It usually presents with characteristics of right-heart failure. Herein, we report the case of a 14-year-old adolescent boy who experienced endomyocardial fibrosis. Upon transthoracic echocardiography, the condition was mistakenly diagnosed as Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve. Sixteen months after undergoing tricuspid annuloplasty and receiving a bidirectional Glenn shunt, the patient showed no ec ...[more]