The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 70, 354-357, Copyright © 1975 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Surgical correction of a rare variant of cor triatriatum
S Victor, R Santosham, S Rajaram, NS Subraminiam, PV Balakrishnan, V Chochalingam and C Lakshmikanthan
Cor triatratum is a rare congenital malformation. Problems in diagnosis and
surgery arise due to associated anomalies such as atrial septal defects and
anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. A 21-year-old man proved to have a
rare variant of cor triatiatum in which both the upper and lower
compartments of the left atrium communicated with the right atrium through
two separate atrial septal defects. In addition, he had anomalous drainage
of the right superior pulmonary vein into the superior vena cava.
Intracardiac repair was undertaken successfully.