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Scimitar Syndrome: Anyone else have this?

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Jul 10, 2024 | Replies (16)
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@mrsneel

I have scimitar. I had vein relocation in 2018. I’m 44 and they didn’t figure it out until I was 30. Tons of complications since the relocation.

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Jul 10, 2024

Hello @mrsneel and welcome to Mayo Connect. This seems to be a rather rare type of heart defect, that is usually found in infants. In reading through some of the posts here, it appears that others, like you, did not know they had this until adulthood.

Here is a link to an article about one woman's experience with this issue,
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2019/02/08/new-workout-routine-helped-uncover-womans-rare-heart-defect
I would like to invite @lisagold70 to discuss this with you as well.

This sounds like a disorder that would be best followed up with an expert cardiologist, and probably one from a research-oriented health care institution, like Mayo Clinic (here is a link for appointment information to Mayo Clinic, http://mayocl.in/1mtmR63) or perhaps a university medical school.

How are you feeling, @mrsneel? What are your most difficult symptoms?

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