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Volume 5
Journal of Current Research: Cardiology
Heart Congress 2018
November 21-22, 2018
2
nd
Global Heart Congress
November 21-22, 2018 Osaka, Japan
Rare congenital disorder and heart failure complex surgical repair and post-operative regeneration in an
adult female
Kris Rampersad
Global Caribbean, Trinidad & Tobago
T
he World Health Organization Global Hearts initiative acknowledges Cardiovascular Disorders as the number one killer in the
world. It also recognizes the paucity of information and understanding about cardiovascular disorders, particularly as regards
women with adult Congenital Heart Defects (CHD), on right heart failure, Transposition of the Greater Vessels (TGV) the high
incidence in the developing world, the potential impact of travel and exposure to prolonged seated immobility, and the journey
through diagnosis, treatment and post-surgery recovery challenges.
Through presentation of this incredible journey to symptom manifestation, diagnosis, surgical repair and the equally incredible
post-surgery recovery period of heart and body regeneration from this particularly rare compound of congenital defects that surfaced
only near mid-life in an adult female, this case story may explode some commonly-held notions of CHDs and illuminate directions
for further diagnosis and treatment in general and in relation to adult women in particular. This case of right heart anomalies and
failure also point to some startling departures in popular understanding of heart conditions largely drawn from knowledge of left
heart anomalies.
Additionally, in a rare zone of survival, it highlights personal efforts to treat with the seemingly little understood post-operative
period of a body and its organs readjusting to restructured heart after a lifetime, coping with regeneration and its survival efforts
to date. It further aims to highlight some of the challenges and limitations of screening and detecting, particularly in the context of
health care in the developing world.
krislit2@gmail.comCurr Res Cardiol 2018, Volume 5
DOI: 10.4172/2368-0512-C1-003