Lutembacher syndrome is a combination of congenital atrial septal defect (ASD) and acquired mitral stenosis (MS). The combination of these 2 diseases has hemodynamic influences on each other and the degree of MS may be underestimated. Traditionally, Lutembacher syndrome is corrected by surgical treatment. Nowadays, these 2 diseases are amenable to transcatheter treatment without the need for su...

lutembacher syndrome refers to the rare combination of a congenital atrial septal defect and acquired mitral stenosis. traditionally, lutembacher syndrome has been corrected by surgical treatment. we describe two patients treated percutaneouly with a combined inoue balloon valvuloplasty and septal defect closure using the amplatzer septal occlusion device.

We discuss the case of a 24-year-old woman with Lutembacher syndrome and severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) who underwent surgical closure of atrial septal defect and mitral valve replacement without tricuspid annuloplasty despite a severe TR and a large tricuspid annulus on preoperative echo. The pathophysiology of Lutembacher syndrome is discussed below. The utility of perioperative echocard...

introduction the term hydropneumopericardium describes the simultaneous accumulation of fluid and gas in the pericardial sac. this condition is mostly caused by primary infiltrative lesions from the adjacent organs, pericardial infections, or trauma and is a very rare situation, usually with favorable outcomes. case presentation we describe a female patient with lutembacher’s syndrome complicat...

abstract a 49-year-old man with lutembacher's syndrome associated with frontal meningioma referred to our hospital. he also suffered from exertional dyspnea. transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated mitral valve area of 1.48 cm2, moderate mitral stenosis, and left atrial dimension (lad) of 5.6 cm with no clot. tee revealed severe mitral stenosis, mitral valve area of 1.05 cm2 with wilki...

A 45-year-old female Jehovah’s Witness patient was diagnosed with Lutembacher syndrome, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV congestive heart failure (CHF), and severe malnutrition. An echocardiogram showed a 38 mm diameter ostium secundum atrial septal defect with a mitral valve area of 0.5 cm2 and a Wilkins score of 10. The patient had severe pulmonary hypertension at an estimated syst...

Lutembacher syndrome is the combination of congenital atrial septal defect and acquired mitral stenosis. The condition is usually treated surgically. We describe a patient treated percutaneously with a combined Inoue balloon valvuloplasty and septal defect closure using the Amplatzer septal occlusion device.