title: Transoesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of cor triatriatum; incremental value of colour Doppler.
abstract: Cor triatriatum sinistrum is a rare congenital cardiac abnormality often accompanied by other malformations. Transthoracic echocardiography does not always define the membrane and associated abnormalities; so, transoesophageal colour Doppler echocardiography was used to visualize intra-atrial blood flow through the intra-atrial membrane in a patient in whom the membranous orifice could not be seen by precordial echocardiography. There was no anomalous pulmonary venous drainage or associated atrial septal defect.
authors.affiliation: Medical Clinic I, Klinikum Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lambertz
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Flachskampf
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hanrath
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans