Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Jun 2011)

Cor triatriatum presenting as heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a case report

  • Prapa Efi,
  • Kratimenos Theodoros,
  • Nenekidis Ioannis,
  • Paralikas Ioannis,
  • Almpanis George,
  • Anagnostakou Vania,
  • Kokotsakis John,
  • Tragotsalou Nikolitsa,
  • Lioulias Achilleas,
  • Mazarakis Andreas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-6-83
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
p. 83

Abstract

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Abstract Cor triatriatum is a rare congenital cardiac malformation and it usually refers to the left atrium. We report an unusual case of cor triatriatum in a 33 - year old woman presented with congestive heart failure caused by left ventricular systolic dysfunction.