Cor triatriatum in a 70-year-old woman: role of transesophageal echocardiography and dynamic three-dimensional echocardiography in diagnostic assessment

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1998 Aug;11(8):837-40. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(98)70061-6.

Abstract

In this report we describe a 70-year-old woman with unrecognized nonobstructive cor triatriatum (CT). She had concomitant mitral regurgitation and coronary artery disease. Diagnosis of CT and its hemodynamic assessment were accomplished by transesophageal echocardiography. Dynamic three-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated multiple fenestrations in the left atrial membrane. Intraoperative findings confirmed the diagnostic accuracy of three-dimensional echocardiography. To our knowledge, this is the first case of CT that has anatomic correlation with three-dimensional echocardiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cor Triatriatum / complications
  • Cor Triatriatum / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Disease / complications
  • Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / complications
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging