title: A characteristic continuous wave Doppler signal in cor triatriatum?
abstract: Continuous wave Doppler recordings of the turbulent jet through the restrictive orifice of a left atrial partition in a patient with corrected transposition of the great arteries and cor triatriatum showed alternate bands of high intensity diastolic and low intensity systolic signals with preservation of the normal configuration of the diastolic E and A peaks. It is thought that Doppler studies in cor triatriatum will provide useful complementary haemodynamic information in the echocardiographic diagnosis of this anomaly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alwi
authors.forename: Z A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Hamid
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zambahari
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery