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. 1981 May;45(5):605–609. doi: 10.1136/hrt.45.5.605

Rapid evolution from "normal" left ventricular outflow tract to fatal subaortic stenosis in infancy.

R M Freedom, R S Fowler, W J Duncan
PMCID: PMC482572  PMID: 7195271

Abstract

Serial clinical, echocardiographic, haemodynamic, and angiocardiographic data support the conclusion that over four months severe discrete subaortic stenosis evolved from a previously angiocardiographically normal left ventricular outflow tract in an infant who had a successful repair of thoracic aortic coarctation. This case supports those who suggest that a myocardial factor may play an important role in the change in form and function of some congenitally malformed hearts.

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