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Cor triatriatum chest x ray
Introduction
Overview
Overview
The chest x ray findings in the patient with cor triatrium include non-specific observations such as cardiac enlargement and pulmonary congestion with diffuse haziness, Kerley B lines, and pulmonary vascular redistribution.
Chest x-ray
- When cor triatriatum occurs as an isolated defect, the hemodynamic derangement is identical to that of mitral stenosis and the chest radiography shows a normal sized heart with changes of chronic interstitial edema.
- Findings are usually nonspecific but may include:
- Pulmonary congestion with diffuse haziness, Kerley B lines, and pulmonary vascular redistribution
- Mild cardiac enlargement
- Prominence of the pulmonary arterial segment
- Dilated proximal chamber, may produce the appearance of left atrial enlargement
- Presence of an atrial septal defect or anomalous pulmonary venous connection. This in turn can cause:
- Pulmonary overcirculation to the pulmonary venous obstruction
- Significant right ventricular enlargement
- Image at cardiovascularultrasound.com
References
References
External Links
External Links
- Image at Yale University
- Diagram at University of Hawaii
- Description at University of Hawaii
- Image at cardiovascularultrasound.com
- Echocardiogram at ecocardiografia.info
- Goldminer: Cor triatriatum
- Echocardiogram at ecocardiografia.info
- Cardiac MRI
- Cor triatriatum sinistrum: A pathomorphological image
- Angiography: Cor triatriatum dexter
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editors-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S. [2]; Assistant Editor(s)-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [3]