[Cor triatriatum in infants. Four cases with two surgical successes]

Arch Fr Pediatr. 1977 Nov;34(9):825-43.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Four cases of cor triatriatum are reported in 6 weeks to 23 months old infants. Two were associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection and one with a mild aortic stenosis. Two were successfully operated on and are now normal children: one of these underwent surgery at 3 months with an hemodynamic control one year later. The two others died: the youngest because of an inadequate overloading transfusion, the other soon after pulmonary angiography. Problems in diagnosis and treatment of this rare but very tractable condition are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • France
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnosis
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Retrospective Studies