Cor Triatriatum Sinister diagnosed in adult life with three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.
BMC Cardiovasc Disord
; 10: 54, 2010 Oct 28.
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BACKGROUND: Cor triatriatum is a very rare congenital abnormality, usually symptomatic during childhood, diagnosis in adult age is less common. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 40 years old woman referred to our hospital for atrial flutter ablation, transthoracic cardiac bidimensional echocardiography showed an abnormal membrane bisecting the left atrium, the diagnosis of cor triatriatum was fully made via three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography. More interestingly three other cardiac anomalies were associated: ostium secundum atrial septal defect, dilated coronary sinus due probably to persistent left superior vena cava and normally functioning bicuspid aortic valve. CONCLUSIONS: Cor triatriatum sinister in adult life is important to recognize because it may be easily surgically correctable when hemodynamically significant. Three Dimensional transesophageal echocardiography is a minimally invasive and highly sensitive diagnostic modality.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Corazón Triatrial
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Cardiomiopatía Dilatada
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Ecocardiografía Transesofágica
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Atrios Cardíacos
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Defectos del Tabique Interatrial
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Cardiovasc Disord
Asunto de la revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
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CARDIOLOGIA
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido