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A 43-year-old woman presented with shortness of breath. She developed dyspnea on exertion 6 months prior to presentation, with resting shortness of breath for 2 months. Dyspnea was worse in the upright position. She recently noted that her lips were turning blue in color. Her past medical history was significant for intravenous drug abuse, hepatitis C, and tricuspid valve (TV) endocarditis 3 ye...

The definition of Lutembacher's syndrome has undergone many changes. It refers to combination of congenital Atrial Septal Defect with acquired mitral stenosis. Lutembacher's syndrome is a very rare disease and in the past, it has been either overdiagnosed or misdiagnosed. Here, we will discuss a case of a pregnant lady who developed breathlessness during her third trimester of pregnancy and on ...

L acerations or tears of the interatrial septum are a recognized complication of mitral valve replacement surgery; however, the first report of iatrogenic Lutembacher's syndrome was by Dr. John Ross Jr. and colleagues from the National Institutes of Health.1 Their series included three patients who had acquired mitral stenosis and developed a persistent atrial septal defect after transatrial se...

1865, and detailed report was made by Lutembacher in 1916. The syndrome, a combination of mitral stenosis and atrial septal defect, was at first considered as congenital orign. However, in recent years most of the mitral stenosis in such cases have been considered as acquired origin. Congenital mitral stenosis is a type of the hypoplastic left heart syndrome, and one of the relatively uncommon ...

L acerations or tears of the interatrial septum are a recognized complication of mitral valve replacement surgery; however, the first report of iatrogenic Lutembacher's syndrome was by Dr. John Ross Jr. and colleagues from the National Institutes of Health.1 Their series included three patients who had acquired mitral stenosis and developed a persistent atrial septal defect after transatrial se...