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http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2011.44.6.432

Surgical Correction of Cor Triatriatum Associated with Pulmonary Artery Thrombosis in an Adult  

Park, Jae-Bum (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Shin, Je-Kyoun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Chee, Hyun-Keun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Kim, Jun-Seok (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Ko, Sung-Min (Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
Song, Meong-Gun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.44, no.6, 2011 , pp. 432-436 More about this Journal
Abstract
We herein present a case of a successful correction of cor triatriatum associated with thrombotic pulmonary hypertension diagnosed in an adult female patient. We confirmed diagnosis using transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in addition to cardiac computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Surgical repair comprised excision of the fibromuscular membranous septum in the left atrium, patch closure of an atrial septal defect, and reconstruction of the pulmonary arteries with a vascular graft. Cor triatriatum complicated pulmonary thrombotic hypertension with atrial septal defect is amenable to surgical correction with satisfactory results.
Keywords
Pulmonary arteries; Heart septal defects, atrial; Hypertension, pulmonary; Thrombosis; Cor triatriatum;
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