A 53-Year-Old Cyanotic Woman without Clubbing Fingers
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Results This patient had serial preoperative examinations including transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographies, and cardiac catheterization before undergoing cardiac surgery for reconstruction of right ventricular outflow tract and repair of aortic and tricuspid valves. She had an uneventful postoperative course and remained asymptomatic afterward. Patients of similar conditions had been rarely reported with various presentations while the surgical results are excellent in most.
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