Cor triatriatum sinister disclosed after diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.
We present a case of cor triatriatum sinister diagnosed occasionally after acute anterior myocardial infarction. For management of the acute myocardial infarction (AMI), urgent reperfusion therapy was successfully performed through the left anterior descending coronary artery. Thereafter, no complication associated with AMI occurred. Cor triatriatum sinister was diagnosed and assessed later by means of several modalities. Finally, medical observation was indicated for this patient. This case illustrates the importance of awareness of this congenital disease in an adult when echocardiography shows an abnormal linear echo in the mid portion of the left atrium.
Department of Cardiology, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital Cardiovascular Center, 5-3-1 Chikami, Kumamoto, 861-4193, Japan. eiji-taguchi@saiseikaikumamoto.jp.
Eiji
E
Taguchi
Department of Cardiology, Japanese Red Cross Kochi Hospital, Kochi, Japan.
Takashi
T
Furuno
Department of Cardiology, Kochi Health Sciences Center, Kochi, Japan.
Kimikazu
K
Banba
Department of Cardiology, Kochi Health Sciences Center, Kochi, Japan.
Mana
M
Kusunose
Department of Cardiology, Kochi Health Sciences Center, Kochi, Japan.
Shinji
S
Sahara
Department of Cardiology, Kochi Health Sciences Center, Kochi, Japan.
Yoshikazu
Y
Ohara
Department of Cardiology, Kochi Health Sciences Center, Kochi, Japan.
Mika
M
Nishimoto
Department of Cardiology, Kochi Health Sciences Center, Kochi, Japan.
Kazuhiko
K
Sugimoto
Department of Cardiology, Kochi Health Sciences Center, Kochi, Japan.
Katsuhito
K
Yamamoto
Congenital heart defects; Cor triatriatum; Diagnosis; Myocardial infarction