TITLE:
Single Ventricle in a 40-Year-Old Male Patient “Natural Evolution and Single Ventricle-Associated Complications in Adults: A Case Report”
AUTHORS:
Navarro Alonso Carlos, Gonzalez Sanchez David Emmanuel
KEYWORDS:
Single, Ventricle, Childhood, Survival, Comorbidities
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases,
Vol.14 No.10,
October
25,
2024
ABSTRACT: Single ventricle is an uncommon congenital cardiac pathology with high mortality at early ages. However, due to new strategies and timely surgical treatment, it is increasingly seen in adults, which has increased the survival rate. This condition is characterized by a heart with a single functional ventricular cavity. The aim of this article is to report the case of a 40-year-old male with single ventricle, who underwent several surgeries in his childhood. After these surgical procedures, the patient lost medical follow-up and presented complications derived from the disease itself. Heart Failure is a common complication in people with single ventricle, and pharmacological heart failure therapies have been ineffective in mitigating the need of the heart transplantation. That’s why it is essential to develop and apply new pharmacological techniques for the management of these patients in childhood as well as in adulthood. This would allow not only to avoid various comorbidities, but also to improve the quality of life of the patients.