Volume 25, Issue 6 pp. 672-674
Case Reports

Surgical Correction of Congenital Heart Disease at 76 Years of Age

Maninder Sidhu M.D.

Maninder Sidhu M.D.

Department of Cardiology, Fortis-Escorts Heart and Superspeciality Institute, Amritsar, Punjab, India

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Pankaj Goel MCh.

Pankaj Goel MCh.

Department of Cardiology, Fortis-Escorts Heart and Superspeciality Institute, Amritsar, Punjab, India

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Arun K. Chopra D.M.

Arun K. Chopra D.M.

Department of Cardiology, Fortis-Escorts Heart and Superspeciality Institute, Amritsar, Punjab, India

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Suruchi Chopra M.D.

Suruchi Chopra M.D.

Department of Cardiology, Fortis-Escorts Heart and Superspeciality Institute, Amritsar, Punjab, India

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Shailpreet Sidhu M.D.

Shailpreet Sidhu M.D.

Department of Cardiology, Fortis-Escorts Heart and Superspeciality Institute, Amritsar, Punjab, India

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First published: 29 September 2010
Address for correspondence: Dr. Maninder S. Sidhu, J.Consultant, Department of Cardiology, Fortis-Escorts Heart and Superspeciality Institute, Majitha Verka By-Pass, Amritsar, Punjab, India. 143004. Fax: 0183-2573910; e-mail: [email protected]

Conflict of interest: None.

Abstract

Abstract The management of adult congenital heart disease is challenging and poses specific problems. We report a patient with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis who underwent successful repair and coronary artery bypass grafting at the age of 76 years. (J Card Surg 2010;25:672-674)

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