Cor triatriatum sinistrum: A rare congenital cardiac anomaly presenting in an adult with chronic atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 282-284

  Troxclair, Dana ^a,c   Ross, Karen F ^b   Newman III, William P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Jefferson Parish Coroner's Office   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Congenital cardiac anomaly; Cor triatriatum

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; HEART ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; COR TRIATRIATUM; COR TRIATRIATUM SINISTRUM; CYANOSIS; DEATH; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAPID VENTRICULAR RESPONSE; RARE DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COR TRIATRIATUM; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 24644506622     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000176278.76218.93     Document Type: Article

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