Right heart failure due to an unroofed coronary sinus in an adult.
An unroofed coronary sinus is a rare congenital malformation with a strong association to a persistent left vena cava superior. In most cases it occurs together with complex cardiac anomalies such as left isomerism. We report on a 72-year-old man with clinical signs of right heart failure caused by an isolated unroofed coronary sinus: The diagnosis was made by means of transesophageal echocardiography with contrast injection.
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Hauser
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Eicken
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D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*