Margaret M. Fuchs1, Heidi M. Connolly1, Sameh M. Said2, Alexander C. Egbe1
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.13, No.4, pp. 628-632, 2018, DOI:10.1111/chd.12624
Abstract Objective: To describe outcomes in patients with cor triatriatum sinister (CTS).
Design: Retrospective review of patients with CTS followed at Mayo Clinic Rochester from 1990
to 2016. Clinical notes, operative reports, and baseline imaging studies were reviewed including
echocardiogram, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, and cardiac catheterization.
Results: Fifty-seven patients (median age 34 years; men 32 (56%)) were enrolled. Definitive or suspected CTS diagnosis was made by transthoracic echocardiogram in 41 (72%) patients, and
additional multimodality imaging was required in 39 (68%) patients. Of these 57 patients, initial
diagnosis was made in adulthood in 35 (61%) patients, and 33 of… More >
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