Case Report: Right Heart Failure Mistaken for Obesity-A Fault of Telemedicine.
Front Pediatr
; 10: 856911, 2022.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1847198
ABSTRACT
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has become an important branch of healthcare worldwide. Apart from their undeniable advantages, the virtual visits lack physical examination, which can lead to important diagnostic mistakes. We hereby present a case of a pediatric patient whose weight gain, initially attributed to a sedentary lifestyle was, in fact, due to sub-acute right heart failure in the context of a ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. The condition was not diagnosed until the patient presented at the emergency. The boy was successfully treated with two percutaneous interventions and returned to his previous stature.
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Front Pediatr
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2022
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