Articles: cor-triatriatum.
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Letter Case Reports
Multimodality imaging of cor triatriatum sinistrum diagnosed in an adult female.
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Cor triatriatum is a rare congenital anomaly which has wide-ranging severity depending on the structure of the additional intra-atrial septum. We report the case of a boy who was incidentally diagnosed with cor triatriatum by echocardiography during diagnosis and treatment of Kawasaki disease. He has had no definite life-threatening symptoms except recurring respiratory infections. ⋯ This child's cor triatriatum was not related to Kawasaki disease. However, we were fortunate to discover the co-occurrence of cor triatriatum, while undertaking echocardiography for Kawasaki disease. We should be aware of the possible missed diagnosis of some congenital heart disease.>.
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Cor triatriatum is a rare congenital cardiac defect in which the atrium is divided into 2 chambers by a membrane causing obstruction to the blood flow in either the left atrium (cor triatriatum sinister) or the right atrium (cor triatriatum dexter) eventually leading to cardiac failure. We sought to review our surgical experience with cor triatriatum sinister. ⋯ Surgical repair of cor triatriatum provides satisfactory early and long-term survival with low risk for additional intervention. Cor triatriatum with complex congenital anomalies may be associated with adverse outcome.