Rare flow pattern in a patient with cor triatriatum

Michael Ghalchi; Barry P Rosenzweig; Stephen B Colvin; Paul A Tunick; Itzhak Kronzon

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.40100.x

Rare flow pattern in a patient with cor triatriatum

Echocardiography. 2005 Sep;22(8):705-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.40100.x.

Authors

Michael Ghalchi¹, Barry P Rosenzweig, Stephen B Colvin, Paul A Tunick, Itzhak Kronzon

Affiliation

¹ Noninvasive Cardiology Laboratory, NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA.

PMID: 16174131
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.40100.x

Abstract

Doppler echocardiography demonstrated a rare flow pattern due to cor triatriatum that is also present in subvalvular or supravalvular mitral stenosis: a forward gradient, in both systole and diastole.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Blood Flow Velocity*
Cor Triatriatum / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Rare Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography