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Case Reports
. 2024 Mar 8;8(3Part A):221-225.
doi: 10.1016/j.case.2023.12.019. eCollection 2024 Mar.

A Tale of Three Chambers: Cor Triatriatum Sinistrum

Maliha Butt  1 , Husban Halim  1 , Ataul Qureshi  1 , Ryan Koene  1 , Su Aung  1 , Tara Karamlou  2 , Ashish Saini  3
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Case Reports

A Tale of Three Chambers: Cor Triatriatum Sinistrum

Maliha Butt et al. CASE (Phila). .
No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Congenital heart disease; Cor triatriatum sinistrum; Surgical membrane resection; Systolic heart failure.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Two-dimensional TTE, apical four-chamber view, systolic phase performed 8 years before the current presentation, demonstrates the cor triatriatum membrane (CTM) dividing the left atrium (LA) into true and accessory chambers. LV, Left ventricle; MV, mitral valve; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Two-dimensional TTE, apical four-chamber view, without (left) and with (right) color flow Doppler, diastolic phase, demonstrates the CTM dividing the LA into true and accessory chambers. The left atrial volume index was 52 mL/m2 as measured using the biplane method.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Three-dimensional TEE, midesophageal (left) and reconstructed en face (right) view, systolic phase, demonstrates the opening through the CTM.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Two-dimensional TEE, midesophageal view, with pulsed-wave Doppler, demonstrates the opening in the CTM.
Figure 5
Figure 5
Two-dimensional TEE, midesophageal view of the LA in early systole, demonstrates the CTM and 0.8-mm opening. AC, Accessory chamber; AO, aorta; TC, true chamber.
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