Divided right atrium. Diagnosis by echocardiography, and considerations on the functional role of the Eustachian valve.
A child presented at birth with severe cyanosis. Echocardiography showed hypoplasia of the right heart with a right-to-left shunt at atrial level. A conservative approach was adopted initially, and the situation improved over a few months, with reversal of the atrial shunt. Surgery was successfully performed at 4 years of age after further echocardiography revealed a congenitally large Eustachian valve and an atrial septal defect.
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Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland. Antonio-Corno@chuv.hospvd.ch
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000196:embryology; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000002:abnormalities