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Dilated Unroofed Coronary Sinus Mimicking Cor Triatriatum in Cardiac‐Type Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
Author(s) -
Kwak Jae Gun,
Lee Cheul,
Choi Eun Young,
Song Jin Young,
Lee ChangHa
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2012.01490.x
Subject(s) - cor triatriatum , medicine , coronary sinus , cardiology , total anomalous pulmonary venous connection , left atrium , atrial fibrillation
A bstract We present a rare case of a patient with a dilated unroofed coronary sinus mimicking cor triatriatum that altered mitral inflow in a cardiac‐type total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. The membranous tissue in the left atrium, thought to be cor triatriatum tissue preoperatively, was actually a remnant of a dilated coronary sinus tissue. Although this tissue did not create a significant pressure gradient and merely induced a turbulent mitral inflow, we resected it to avoid future problems with mitral leaflet function. (J Card Surg 2012;27:621‐623)