[Obstructive left triatrial heart in the adult. Echocardiographic appearances].
The authors report the case of a 23-year old man who presented with signs of pulmonary hypertension due to an obstructive left triatrial heart in adulthood. Transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography showed a partially calcified intra-left atrial membrane perforated in its centre. Doppler analysis of flow through the membrane showed continuous systolo-diastolic flow at high velocity indicating haemodynamic obstruction. The systolic pulmonary artery pressure was estimated at 80 mmHg. The patient was treated by surgical excision of the intra-left atrial membrane.
Service de cardiologie, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc.
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D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D013599:Systole