Cor triatriatum dextrum--an unusual variant of triatrial heart.

Abstract

The present report describes a rare case of triatrial heart, cor triatriatum dextrum in a 31-year-old woman in whom the anomaly was incidentally detected by radionuclide angiocardiography. Subsequent assessment with two-dimensional echocardiography and right heart catheterization confirmed the presence of a membrane subdividing the right atrium into two distinct chambers. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only case in which this cardiac anomaly was demonstrated by radionuclide technique.

• Authors: N Topuzović, I Karner, A Rusić, B Krstonosić, M Jurić, O Giesler, B Kristek, S Mrdjenović
• Journal: Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear medicine (Nuklearmedizin) Vol. 35 Issue 3 Pg. 99-101 (Jun 1996) ISSN: 0029-5566 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 8710532 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Technetium

Topics

• Adult
• Cardiac Catheterization
• Cor Triatriatum (diagnostic imaging, physiopathology)
• Diastole
• Echocardiography
• Electrocardiography
• Female
• Fourier Analysis
• Gated Blood-Pool Imaging
• Heart (diagnostic imaging)
• Humans
• Systole
• Technetium