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A middle-aged man with a history of clubbing and cyanosis, easy fatigability, and systolic and faint diastolic murmurs in the second intercostal space was referred to our echocardiography laboratory. Echocardiography revealed normal left ventricular size and function with paradoxical septal motion and severely dilated right ventricle with mild systolic dysfunction.
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Sadeghian, H., Savand-Roomi, Z. (2015). Large Patent Ductus Arteriosus (Type A) with Eisenmenger’s Syndrome. In: Echocardiographic Atlas of Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12934-1_71
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