title: Definitive diagnosis of cor triatriatum with common atrium by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in an adult.
abstract: We describe an adult patient, in whom three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography was able to make a definitive diagnosis of cor triatriatum associated with common atrium. The lesion mimicked a classical partial atrio-ventricular septal defect on both transthoracic and transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiography. We found only two cases in the literature describing the existence of cor triatriatum with common atrium, none diagnosed by echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Gurpreet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baweja
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: James K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kirklin
mesh_terms: D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged