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Divided right atrium. Diagnosis by echocardiography, and considerations on the functional role of the Eustachian
A F Corno1, C Bron, L K von Segesser
1Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland. Antonio-Corno@chuv.hospvd.ch
Cardiology in the Young
|September 7, 1999
Abstract:
A child presented at birth with severe cyanosis. Echocardiography showed hypoplasia of the right heart with a right-to-left shunt at atrial level. A conservative approach was adopted initially, and the situation improved over a few months, with reversal of the atrial shunt. Surgery was successfully performed at 4 years of age after further echocardiography revealed a congenitally large Eustachian valve and an atrial septal defect.