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Cor Triatriatum with Single Atrium Presenting in Adulthood
Author(s) -
Avula Satyanarayana,
Salazar Manuel,
Alturk Najib,
Kukafka Sheldon,
Ritter Samuel,
Grodman Richard S.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.00105.x
Subject(s) - cor triatriatum , medicine , coronary sinus , asymptomatic , persistent left superior vena cava , cardiology , left atrium , mitral valve , atrial septum , atrioventricular canal , superior vena cava , atrium (architecture) , atrial fibrillation , heart disease
We present the case of an asymptomatic 21‐year‐old woman referred because of an abnormal routine electrocardiogram. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a complete absence of the atrial septum, a common atrium septated posteriorly from the pulmonary venous chamber, a partial atrioventricular canal, a cleft mitral valve and a persistent left superior vena cava draining into an enlarged coronary sinus. These findings were confirmed during surgical correction. Our patient presented with an unusual and fascinating combination of congenital malformations that remained well tolerated and undiscovered into adulthood.