Lutembacher's syndrome

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Lutembacher's syndrome
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 Q21.1
(EUROCAT Q21.14)
ICD-9 745.5
DiseasesDB 7655
eMedicine med/3424
MeSH D008185

Lutembacher's syndrome is a form of congenital heart disease. It is defined as the association of a congenital atrial septal defect and an acquired mitral stenosis.[1] For Lutembacher's syndrome, the atrial septal defect is a specific type called a secundum ASD.

It is named after René Lutembacher.[2]

References

  1. Goldman 2011, pp. 400
  2. R. Lutembacher. De la sténose mitrale avec communication interauriculaire. Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux, Paris, 1916, 9: 237-260.

Additional references

  • Goldman, Lee (2011). Goldman's Cecil Medicine (24th ed ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders. ISBN 1437727883. 

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