Communication of the coronary sinus with both atria.
The coronary sinus of a healthy 18-year-old man who died of a skull fracture was found to communicate with both the right and left atria. The anomaly can function as an atrial septal defect; thus, it needs recognition in the treatment of a patient with an interatrial shunt with an apparently normal right atrium.
D000293:Adolescent; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male