title: [Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of scimitar syndrome].
abstract: Seven patients with scimitar syndrome underwent retrospective clinical and echocardiographic examination. The findings were: respiratory infection with dyspnea on moderate exercise in 90%, scimitar sign in four (57%), dextrocardia in five (71%), and interatrial septal defect in five (71%), one of whom had patent ductus arteriosus. Overall, two patients had patent ductus arteriosus: one also had aortic coarctation and the other, a bicuspid aortic valve. Dilation of the right cavities was found in five (71%) and blunt edge in five (71%). In two patients, anomalous drainage was into the right atrium; in another two, into the inferior vena cava; and in three, towards the junction of the right atrium and the inferior vena cava. In three patients, drainage was obstructed. Six patients with cardiac abnormalities proceeded to surgery. Scimitar syndrome is a rare entity. In the large majority of patients (86%), diagnosis and follow-up can be performed echocardiographically.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Ecocardiografía, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México.
authors.forename: Nilda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Espinola-Zavaleta
authors.forename: Silvio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Játiva-Chávez
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Castellanos
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zamora-González
mesh_terms: D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012587:Scimitar Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging