A man in his 70s has been diagnosed with a heart defect that is usually found in infancy, according to a CBS News report on Carlos Perez's diagnosis. The outlet identified the patient as Carlos Perez.
According to CBS News, Perez's doctors did not know at first why his heart was having trouble. The outlet reported that a scan then showed "something they had never seen before."
According to the headline of the report, the condition is usually found in infancy, so the diagnosis in a man in his 70s falls outside that usual pattern. The summary says only that Perez's heart was having trouble, without describing what that trouble consisted of before the scan.
Taken together, the headline and summary indicate that the diagnosis came after a period in which the cause of Perez's symptoms was unknown to his doctors, CBS News reported.
The summary does not describe the scan itself, the treatment Perez received, or how long his symptoms went unexplained. It does not name the hospital or the physicians involved, and it includes no direct statements from Perez or his care team.
The report did not list a byline. Because this account rests on a single CBS News report, the details above are limited to what that outlet published.
Sources: CBS News: Man in his 70s diagnosed with heart defect usually found in infancy.