Cor triatriatum: unusual cause of transient ischaemic attacks in a 67-year-old man.
Cor triatriatum is a rare congenital cardiac malformation, and in its most common form is characterised by a membrane that separates the left atrium into a proximal and distal chamber. First manifestation in adulthood has been reported previously, but at 67 years of age this patient is one of the oldest to present for the first time. It was diagnosed after a probable TIA, episodic vertigo and central retinal artery occlusion. The value of echocardiography in patients with neurological disease of presumed embolic origin is demonstrated here.
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Department of Cardiology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland.
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Roberts
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D000368:Aged; D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male