Cor Triatriatum: Case Report of Emergency Department Diagnosis

Cor Triatriatum Dextrum: A Case Report

___________ _ This paper describes a diagnosis of and surgical treatment of Cor Triatriatum Dextrum in a term baby who, six hours postpartum, was determined to be cyanotic. The diagnosis was reached using twodimensional echocardiography and angiocardiography. This case is the second diagnosis of cor triatriatum dextrum made during the first day of life, and the first successful surgery of this ...

A complicated case of cor triatriatum dexter.

over the right chest wall, not obviously associated with any clinical abnormality. Ten days after admission, oedema of the face became apparent. Emination revealed a swollen right arm, a much enlarged and tender right breast, associated with dilated veins in the chest wall, and non-pulsatile distension of the neck veins. A diagnosis of superior vena caval obstruction was made. The liver was enl...

Atrial fibrillation and cor triatriatum sinister: a case report.

A 29-year-old man presented to our hospital with palpitations, shortness of breath, and orthopnea. After being admitted, he progressed to cardiogenic shock and respiratory failure, which required ventilator support and cardioversion. Subsequent evaluation revealed a fibromuscular membrane across the left atrium, requiring urgent corrective surgery.

Diagnosis of cor triatriatum by left ventricular angiocardiography. Report of a case.

Cor triatriatum dexter: two-dimensional echocardiographic diagnosis.

Cor triatriatum dexter is a malformation resulting from lack of normal regression of the embryonic right valve of the sinus venosus. In this situation, the right atrium is divided by a membrane into two chambers. Two-dimensional echocardiography was used in the antemortem diagnosis of this rare cardiac anomaly in a neonate. Associated cardiac lesions were also documented. The patient died, and ...