| Literature DB >> 15921962 |
Arnheid Kessel-Schaefer1, Andre Linka, Rene Pretre, Peter Buser.
Abstract
Sinus venosus atrial septal defect (SVD) is a rare cardiac abnormality in adults. Particularly, the inferior type is difficult to depict by transthoracic echocardiography because of its infero-posterior location to the fossa ovalis. We describe the case of a 33-year-old woman whose chest X-ray taken during bronchopneumonia revealed a cardiomegaly. Further echocardiographic investigations showed an underlying inferior SVD, an incomplete cor triatriatum dexter and a large patent foramen ovale (PFO). The diagnosis was confirmed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) and during surgical repair.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 15921962 DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2005.04.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Echocardiogr ISSN: 1532-2114