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Dilated unroofed coronary sinus mimicking cor triatriatum in cardiac-type total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
Jae Gun Kwak1, Cheul Lee, Eun Young Choi
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sejong General Hospital, Bucheon, GyeongGi, Republic of Korea. switch.surgeon@gmail.com
Abstract:
We present a rare case of a patient with a dilated unroofed coronary sinus mimicking cor triatriatum that altered mitral inflow in a cardiac-type total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. The membranous tissue in the left atrium, thought to be cor triatriatum tissue preoperatively, was actually a remnant of a dilated coronary sinus tissue. Although this tissue did not create a significant pressure gradient and merely induced a turbulent mitral inflow, we resected it to avoid future problems with mitral leaflet function.
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