title: Cor triatriatum sinister: assessment by live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.
abstract: We report a 49-year-old morbidly obese female with a poor acoustic window in whom live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography was able to make a confident diagnosis of cor triatriatum sinister. En face views of the membrane facilitated accurate assessment of the size and shape of the large nonobstructing opening in the membrane. Maximum dimensions of the opening were 3.06 x 1.03 cm and area was 2.3 cm(2).
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Heart Station SWB-S102, 619 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Vinod
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Iliana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Arellano
authors.forename: Pridhvi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yelamanchili
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajdev
authors.forename: Oben
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Baysan
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged