[Cor triatriatum. Diagnostic and surgical experience].
Five cases with cor triatriatum were diagnosed in less than a two years period. There were 4 females and one male. The mean age was 3.6 years. Three patients were operated on successfully. One patient died shortly after cardiac catheterization in acute pulmonary edema, another case is waiting for surgery with mild obstruction. We do not have a complete explanation for this high incidence of cor triatriatum. The utility of Echo Doppler color in diagnosis is highlighted. A literature review is made.
Alva Espinosa
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Hospital de Cardiología, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.
Mojarro Ríos
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Jiménez Zepeda
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Jiménez Arteaga
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Sánchez Soberanis
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David Gómez
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Ledesma Velasco
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Argüero USánchez
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies