Syncope à l'effort révélatrice d'un obstacle supramitral chez un nourrisson [Exertion syncope disclosing supravalvular mitral stenosis in an infant]
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_792250BCFD33
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Syncope à l'effort révélatrice d'un obstacle supramitral chez un nourrisson [Exertion syncope disclosing supravalvular mitral stenosis in an infant]
Journal
Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux
ISSN
0003-9683 (Print)
ISSN-L
0003-9683
Publication state
Published
Issued date
05/1993
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
86
Number
5
Pages
643-645
Language
french
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; English Abstract ; Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
An infant with frequent upper airways infections presented syncopes during meals and weeping since the age of eleven months. Cardiac examination was always normal. At 14 months of age, an echocardiogram with colour Doppler demonstrated a severely stenotic isolated supramitral membrane with severe pulmonary hypertension. The membrane was immediately excised curing the malformation and suppressing definitively the syncopes, probably due to decreased cerebral blood flow during exertion. An echocardiogram should always be performed when syncopes remain unexplained in small children. It allows early diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects which do not have auscultatory findings especially those resulting in severe pulmonary venous obstruction.
Keywords
Echocardiography, Humans, Hypertension, Pulmonary/etiology, Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular/etiology, Infant, Male, Mitral Valve Stenosis/complications, Mitral Valve Stenosis/congenital, Mitral Valve Stenosis/diagnosis, Mitral Valve Stenosis/surgery, Physical Exertion, Syncope/etiology
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