title: [Cossio syndrome: above average life expectancy of a patient with congenital large atrial septal defect].
abstract: Cossio's syndrome is demonstrated in a patient with a congenital large atrial septal defect who died at the age of 72. The clinical and pathomorphological findings as well as the pathophysiological implications on pulmonary circulation are described. The probable genesis of this interauricular defect is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Cossio-Syndrom: Uberdurchschnittliche Uberlebenszeit bei angeborener grosser Vorhoflücke.