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. 2018 Oct;15(10):649-652.
doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2018.10.007.

Superior sinus venosus atrial septal defect

Konstantinos C Theodoropoulos  1 , Alexandros Papachristidis  1 , Giovanni Masoero  1 , Michael Papitsas  1 , Valentina Cospite  1   2 , Fulya Avci Demir  1 , Daniel M Sado  1 , Mark J Monaghan  1
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Superior sinus venosus atrial septal defect

Konstantinos C Theodoropoulos et al. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2018 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial septal defect; Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; Sinus venosus defect; Transesophageal echocardiography.

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Right heart chambers dilatation.
(A): Transthoracic echocardiogram, apical four chambers view in end-diastole, showing the dilatation of the right ventricle; and (B): TTE, apical four chambers view in end-systole, showing the dilatation of the right atrium. RA: right atrium; RV: right ventricle.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Aortic regurgitation.
Transesophageal echocardiogram, midesophageal aortic valve long-axis view with colour Doppler, showing moderate aortic regurgitation (Vena Contracta: 0.45 cm). LA: left atrium.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.. Sinus venosus atrial septal defect.
(A): Transthoracic echocardiogram, bicaval view with colour Doppler, showing the superior sinus venosus atrial septal defect (red arrow); and (B): TEE, bicaval view with continuous wave Doppler showing the left to right shunt. LA: left atrium; RA: right atrium; SVC: superior vena cava.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.. Sinus venosus atrial septal defect.
Transthoracic echocardiogram, bicaval view with colour 3D zoom showing the blood flow from the left atrium to the superior vena cava. LA: left atrium; SVC: superior vena cava.
Figure 5.
Figure 5.. Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return.
(A): CMR showing the two left pulmonary veins and the right inferior and right middle pulmonary veins (blue arrows) draining in the left atrium; and (B) CMR, showing the right superior pulmonary vein draining in the superior vena cava (red arrow). LA: left atrium; CMR: cardiovascular magnetic resonance; SVC: superior vena cava.
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