Open AccessPitfalls in the diagnosis of tricuspid atresia: Report of a new angiocardiographic sign
Author(s) -
Hausdorf G.,
Gravinghoff L.,
Sieg K.,
Keck E. W.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960080402
Subject(s) - medicine , tricuspid atresia , angiocardiography , sign (mathematics) , radiology , cardiology , tricuspid valve , atresia , heart disease , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Two patients with the classical clinical, angiographic, and echocardiographic signs of tricuspid atresia are reported, where the correct diagnoses were made at operation; one child had cor triatriatum dexter, the other child total anomalous systemic venous drainage to the left atrium. The literature on cor triatriatum dexter and total anomalous systemic venous drainage is discussed and a new angiographic sign for the differentiation from tricuspid atresia is reported: nonopacification of the right atrial appendage with right atrial angiocardiography.