TY  - EJOU
AU  - Leo, Isabella 
AU  - Sabatino, Jolanda 
AU  - Bella, Sabrina La 
AU  - Strangio, Antonio 
AU  - Aquila, Iolanda 
AU  - Procopio, Concetta 
AU  - Spaccarotella, Carmen Anna Maria 
AU  - Petullà, Maria 
AU  - Rosa, Salvatore De 
AU  - Indolfi, Ciro 

TI  - Scimitar Syndrome: Role of Right Atrial Longitudinal Strain. A Case Report
T2  - Structural and Congenital Heart Disease

PY  - 2021
VL  - 16
IS  - 4
SN  - 3071-1738

AB  - We describe a case of a rare congenital heart disorder, scimitar syndrome, diagnosed in an adult woman presenting with dyspnea on exertion, chest pain and recurrent episodes of pulmonary infections. The hallmark of the syndrome is the presence of an enlarged anomalous pulmonary vein draining into the inferior vena cava. Speckle tracking echocardiography, including the often-forgotten atrial strain evaluation, is a sensitive parameter that should be routinely used for a better clinical and prognostic evaluation of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD).
KW  - Scimitar syndrome; RV overload; congenital heart disease; myocardial strain

DO  - 10.32604/CHD.2021.015062