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Cor Triatriatum Evaluated by Real Time 3D TEE
Author(s) -
Hanna Ramy,
Chen Michael A.,
Gill Edward A.
Publication year - 2011
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.1540-8175.2010.01374.x
Subject(s) - cor triatriatum , left atrium , medicine , weakness , cardiology , right atrium , short axis , radiology , atrial fibrillation , surgery , long axis , geometry , mathematics
We present two cases of cor triatriatum, a rare congenital anomaly that consists of a membrane that divides the left atrium into two chambers. The first case involves an older adult man admitted for evaluation of left‐sided weakness attributed to stroke. The second is a case of a middle‐aged woman with dyspnea. Both patients had transthoracic echocardiograms as a part of their initial evaluation, which revealed abnormal structures in the left atrium, and both subsequently underwent transesophageal echocardiography. During these exams, real‐time 3D imaging was utilized to more completely define the pathology. (Echocardiography 2011;28:E125‐E128)