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IRVING INNERFIELD, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1950;85(3):490-495.

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AS SEPARATE and distinct conditions, dextrocardia and Lutembacher's syndrome can be considered unusual clinical entities. Certainly the coexistence of interauricular septal defect, mitral stenosis (Lutembacher's syndrome) and dextrocardia is sufficiently infrequent to warrant detailed analysis. A review of the medical literature for the past twenty-five years does not disclose any mention of this particular association of congenital cardiac anomalies. It therefore appears that this combination of dextrocardia and Lutembacher's syndrome is a unique one and warrants comment.

REPORT OF A CASE

H. V., a 20 year old youth, presented himself for examination on July 14, 1949. The past history was entirely irrelevant except for an apparent predisposition to infections of the upper respiratory tract. The patient stated that he tired easily and was moderately dyspneic on exertion. He further stated that for many years he was aware of cardiac pulsations in the region of his right nipple.

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Author Affiliations
NYACK, N. Y.

From the Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals.

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