Tex Heart Inst J. 2002;29(4):336-8.

Giant eustachian valve with echocardiographic appearance of divided right atrium.

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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Süleyman Demirel, Isparta, Turkey.

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The eustachian valve is an embryologic remnant of the valve of the inferior vena cava. It may be prominent in some individuals, but the echocardiographic appearance of a divided right atrium, as the consequence of a large eustachian valve, is extremely rare. Herein we describe an unusual giant eustachian valve with an echocardiographic appearance of a septal structure dividing the right atrium into 2 separate chambers. This abnormality should be differentiated from cor triatriatum dexter, a very rare cardiac malformation for which it could be mistaken.

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