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Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Cor Triatriatum
Author(s) -
Bett J. H. N.,
Graff R. F.,
Stafford E. G.,
Dryburgh L.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1978.tb04604.x
Subject(s) - cor triatriatum , medicine , left atrium , cardiology , angiography , right atrium , heart failure , radiology , atrial fibrillation
Summary: M‐mode echocardiography displayed abnormal echoes in the left atrium and posterior to the mitral leaflets in a child with severe heart failure. Cor triatriatum was demonstrated by angiography and cured by surgical excision. Subsequent echo studies no longer showed the abnormal structure.