title: [Cor triatriatum. Diagnostic and surgical experience].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Cardiología, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alva Espinosa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mojarro Ríos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jiménez Zepeda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiménez Arteaga
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sánchez Soberanis
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: David Gómez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ledesma Velasco
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Argüero USánchez
mesh_terms: 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