An Unusual Cardiac Manifestation in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is a common hereditary disorder characterized by renal and extrarenal, cystic and noncystic manifestations. Connective tissue defects, including cerebral aneurysm, meningeal diverticula, abdominal wall hernias, intestinal diverticula, and cardiac valvular...

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Main Authors: Fausta Catapano, Stefano Pancaldi, Carlo Pace Napoleone, Lucia Barbara De Sanctis, Gaetano Gargiulo, Giuseppe Emiliani, Antonio Santoro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Nephrology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/978170
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spelling doaj-96295f7a84c346b39143f932c55a664d2020-11-24T22:33:29ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Nephrology2090-66412090-665X2012-01-01201210.1155/2012/978170978170An Unusual Cardiac Manifestation in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney DiseaseFausta Catapano0Stefano Pancaldi1Carlo Pace Napoleone2Lucia Barbara De Sanctis3Gaetano Gargiulo4Giuseppe Emiliani5Antonio Santoro6Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Hypertension, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, 40138 Bologna, ItalyCardiology Unit, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, 40138 Bologna, ItalyPediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, 40138 Bologna, ItalyDivision of Nephrology, Dialysis and Hypertension, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, 40138 Bologna, ItalyPediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, 40138 Bologna, ItalyNephrology and Dialysis Unit, Ospedale Santa Maria delle Croci, 48121 Ravenna, ItalyDivision of Nephrology, Dialysis and Hypertension, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, 40138 Bologna, ItalyAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is a common hereditary disorder characterized by renal and extrarenal, cystic and noncystic manifestations. Connective tissue defects, including cerebral aneurysm, meningeal diverticula, abdominal wall hernias, intestinal diverticula, and cardiac valvular abnormalities, are widely known manifestations. Instead intracardiac aneurysms have never been reported in adults with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. We describe a 65-year-old patient with end-stage renal disease due to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and an atrial septum aneurysm associated with platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/978170
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author Fausta Catapano
Stefano Pancaldi
Carlo Pace Napoleone
Lucia Barbara De Sanctis
Gaetano Gargiulo
Giuseppe Emiliani
Antonio Santoro
spellingShingle Fausta Catapano
Stefano Pancaldi
Carlo Pace Napoleone
Lucia Barbara De Sanctis
Gaetano Gargiulo
Giuseppe Emiliani
Antonio Santoro
An Unusual Cardiac Manifestation in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
Case Reports in Nephrology
author_facet Fausta Catapano
Stefano Pancaldi
Carlo Pace Napoleone
Lucia Barbara De Sanctis
Gaetano Gargiulo
Giuseppe Emiliani
Antonio Santoro
author_sort Fausta Catapano
title An Unusual Cardiac Manifestation in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
title_short An Unusual Cardiac Manifestation in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
title_full An Unusual Cardiac Manifestation in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
title_fullStr An Unusual Cardiac Manifestation in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
title_full_unstemmed An Unusual Cardiac Manifestation in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
title_sort unusual cardiac manifestation in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Nephrology
issn 2090-6641
2090-665X
publishDate 2012-01-01
description Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is a common hereditary disorder characterized by renal and extrarenal, cystic and noncystic manifestations. Connective tissue defects, including cerebral aneurysm, meningeal diverticula, abdominal wall hernias, intestinal diverticula, and cardiac valvular abnormalities, are widely known manifestations. Instead intracardiac aneurysms have never been reported in adults with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. We describe a 65-year-old patient with end-stage renal disease due to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and an atrial septum aneurysm associated with platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/978170
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