Tekin YILDIRIM, Serdar AKGÜN, Sinan ARSAN, Muhsin TÜRKMEN

Cor triatriatum in a 60-year-old woman became symptomatic after papillary cordae rupture

ISSN: 1019-1941
Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 3 Sayı
Başlangıç: 1988
Yayıncı: Marmara Üniversitesi

We describe a case of cor triatriatum in a 60-year-old woman. The diagnosis was initially made by transesophageal echocardiography after the presentation of the patient with pulmonary edema caused by papillary cordae rupture. The patient made an uneventful recovery after membrane resection and mitral valve replacement.

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