Cor triatriatum in a young woman with syncope

Cor triatriatum in a young woman with syncope.

1 of 3 DESCRIPTION A 28-year-old woman presented with recurrent syncope, usually precipitated by anxiety. On examination, she had a low blood pressure of 112/72 mm Hg with normal heart sounds and showed no features suggestive of genetic abnormalities. ECG, Holter and treadmill stress tests were normal. Transthoracic ( fi gure 1 ) and transoesophageal ( fi gure 2 ) echocardiography demonstrated ...

Clinical follow-up of a pregnant woman with cor triatriatum.

Cor triatriatum (CT) is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly that usually becomes symptomatic in the first years of life. If the condition is not associated with other cardiac defects, and depending on the degree of communication between the upper chamber and left atrium (LA), patients may reach adulthood. We report a case of an asymptomatic, adult, female patient with CT diagnosed by transthoraci...

Cor triatriatum with pericardial agenesis.

Cor triatriatum sinister.

C triatriatum is a very rare congenital cardiac anomaly with no known associated genetic abnormalities. Cor triatriatum is generally an isolated anomaly but may be associated with anomalous pulmonary venous return in approximately 10% of patients, patent ductus arteriosus, left superior vena cava, ventricular septal defects, Shone syndrome, tricuspid atresia, Ebstein malformation, atrioventricu...

Cor triatriatum dexter in adults?

Rev Esp Cardiol. 2010;63(12):1510-6 1515 On the other hand, in the fetus and in childhood it is exceptional to find an obstructive CTD without associate anomalies, and in our experience it is also exceptional to find it associated with right-sided heart malformations. That perception is corroborated by the lack of description of this issue, limited to a few cases published in literature.4-6 In ...