title: Intraoperative echocardiographic diagnosis of previously unrecognized cor triatriatum.
abstract: Cor triatriatum is a congenital heart defect resulting in abnormal septation of the left atrium by a fibromuscular membrane. Echocardiography has improved the preoperative diagnosis of this rare congenital heart defect. We report a case where transesophageal echocardiography proved useful in the intraoperative diagnosis of a previously undetected cor triatriatum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hogue
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barzilai
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Forstot
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Shuman
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male