title: Sinus venosus-type atrial septal defect: a rare curable cause of recurrent transient neurological deficits.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Sinus venosus defect is a rare cardiac abnormality, provoking an interatrial shunting outside the interatrial septum. Echographic diagnosis is difficult and may require examination by a specialized cardiologist.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a young woman who presented with repeated episodes of hemiparesis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgical correction of sinus venosus defect led to disappearance of neurological symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Cerebrovascular Unit, Hôpital Neurologique et Neurochirurgical P. Wertheimer, 69677 Bron Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cakmak
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bozio
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nighoghossian
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Derex
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Trouillas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012008:Recurrence