Publications by authors named "David Schifter"

Article Synopsis
  • A 77-year-old man with congestive heart failure from Ebstein's anomaly is discussed in this case.
  • The patient is experiencing severe heart failure symptoms classified as New York Heart Association class IV.
  • The treatment approach utilized for this patient involved the use of nesiritide, which is notable for this particular condition.
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Atrioventricular valve duplication is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly. The anomaly is usually recognized as an incidental finding at autopsy, open heart surgery, or two-dimensional echocardiography. In this article we present the transthoracic and transesophageal presentation of a case of mitral and a case of tricuspid valve duplication.

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