ABSTRACT
Five cases with cor triatriatum were diagnosed in less than a two years period. There were 4 females and one male. The mean age was 3.6 years. Three patients were operated on successfully. One patient died shortly after cardiac catheterization in acute pulmonary edema, another case is waiting for surgery with mild obstruction. We do not have a complete explanation for this high incidence of cor triatriatum. The utility of Echo Doppler color in diagnosis is highlighted. A literature review is made.
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Cor Triatriatum/diagnostic imaging , Child , Child, Preschool , Cor Triatriatum/surgery , Echocardiography, Doppler, Color , Female , Humans , Infant , Male , Radiography , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
A 6-month-old male infant with coexistent type B interrupted aortic arch, distal aortopulmonary window, and anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery arising from the ascending aorta was diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography, color Doppler, and cardiac catheterization. Review of the available literature reveals this patient to be the fourteenth reported case of this unusual association of cardiovascular defects.
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Echocardiography, Doppler, Color , Echocardiography , Heart Defects, Congenital/diagnostic imaging , Humans , Infant , Male , SyndromeABSTRACT
We report two infants with Kawasaki disease and coronary aneurysms diagnosed by echocardiography. First case, a one year old male with abnormalities of left coronary artery, developed a myocardial infarction and died three weeks later. Second case a two months old male with aneurysm in the right coronary artery who doing well three months after the diagnosis was made. Echocardiography is the primary tool for evaluation and follow up of coronary abnormalities.
