ABSTRACT
A rare case of a 77-year-old man with congestive heart failure due to a previously diagnosed condition of Ebstein's anomaly is presented. Unique to the present case is the treatment of New York Heart Association class IV congestive heart failure associated with Ebstein's anomaly with nesiritide.
ABSTRACT
Atrioventricular valve duplication is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly. The anomaly is usually recognized as an incidental finding at autopsy, open heart surgery, or two-dimensional echocardiography. In this article we present the transthoracic and transesophageal presentation of a case of mitral and a case of tricuspid valve duplication. The hemodynamic consideration of the lesions is discussed with a review of the literature. (ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Volume 13, January 1996)
