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A 69-year-old short-statured Turner syndrome (TS) patient with a history of poliomyelitis in childhood and moderate bicuspid aortic stenosis (BAS) reported worsening dyspnea and fatigue over six months. A repeat transthoracic echocardiogram revealed progression to severe aortic stenosis with dilated
A 12-year-old girl who had undergone cardiac surgery for ventricular septal defect (VSD), atrial septal defect (ASD), and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in infancy was referred to our institution for fatigue and excessive sweating. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic studies revealed
Takayasu arteritis was diagnosed in two children, a 15-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy. The girl had suffered from fatigue, malaise, abdominal pain and weight loss for several months, but no clear cause could be found. A few weeks later, when a blood pressure of 222/155 mmHg was measured, the
We describe a case of a 79-year-old male patient with severe aortic stenosis who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) at our institution. He presented at the emergency department with dyspnea and fatigue 7 months after implantation. The diagnosis of early prosthetic valve
Abiotrophia defectiva or nutritionally variant Streptococcus (NVS) are a rare but important cause of infectious endocarditis, with high rates of bacteriological failure and mortality. We report the case of a 74-year-old man admitted for fever, fatigue and general malaise in the absence of any
An 82-year-old man was found dead on the road near his home with unwitnessed interval of 3 h from final witness. He had been diagnosed with hypertension and mild aortic stenosis (AS) 13 years before death, and was continuously followed up with medication. Although a recent medical check-up related