Heart failure in a teenager

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A 19-year-old male patient presented with a fever that had persisted for two months and worsening shortness of breath for one week.He was orthopnoeic on admission. On cardiac examination, there was a low-pitched pansystolic murmur at the apex with thrill.

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Heart failure in a teenager

A 19-year-old male patient presented with a fever that had persisted for two months and worsening shortness of breath for one week.

Authors

Parale Chinmay1, Velayutham Ramanathan1, Munuswamy Hemachandran1, Anantharaj Avinash1, Angadi Suryalok1
  1. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, INDIA

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