Cor triatriatum dextrum.
Cor triatriatum dextrum was an incidental echocardiographic finding in a 5 year old boy and a 9 year old girl, who were evaluated for the presence of a heart murmur. Apart from slightly enlarged right atria, they had otherwise normal hearts and were symptomless. Most of the patients reported until then had been symptomatic due either to the persistent right sinus venosus valve or to commonly associated structural heart anomalies. Therefore, the clinical significance of asymptomatic cor triatriatum dextrum remains coniectural, but might lie in the possibility of development of arrhythmia, progressively worsening interference with the systemic venous return and thrombus formation.
Malcić
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Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia.
Tambić
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Richter
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography