Asymptomatic Cor Triatriatum in an Adult Incidentally Revealed by Echocardiography.
10.4070/kcj.2002.32.7.604
- Author:
Byung Hee KIM
1
;
Kwang Soo CHA
;
Jin HAN
;
Dong Yup JUNG
;
Seong Ho HAN
;
Sung Won LEE
;
Moo Hyun KIM
;
Young Dae KIM
;
Jong Soo WOO
;
Jong Seong KIM
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cor triatriatum;
Hypertension;
pulmonary
- MeSH:
Adult*;
Angiography;
Capillaries;
Catheterization;
Catheters;
Cor Triatriatum*;
Echocardiography*;
Echocardiography, Transesophageal;
Female;
Heart Atria;
Humans;
Hypertension;
Membranes;
Pulmonary Artery;
Pulmonary Veins
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
2002;32(7):604-607
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report an unusual case of asymptomatic cor triatriatum found in a 30-year-old female suffering form Bechect's syndrome. Cor triatriatum was suspected from a routine echocardiography. The left atrium was divided into a posterior superior chamber and an anterior inferior chamber (true left atrium) by an echo-dense membrane. Two turbulent jet flows were demonstrated on transesophageal echocardiography. Catheterization and angiography demonstrated a mild increase in the pulmonary artery, and capillary wedge, pressures no associated anomalies, and with four pulmonary veins draining into the posterior chamber. The membrane was successfully resected by surgery.
