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Divided right atrium. Diagnosis by echocardiography, and considerations on the functional role of the Eustachian valve

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Antonio F. Corno ,
Cédric Bron  and
Ludwig K. von Segesser
Antonio F. Corno*
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
Cédric Bron
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
Ludwig K. von Segesser
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
*
Antonio F. Corno, MD, FRCS, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon 46, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland. Tel: 41 21 314 2280; Fax: 41 21 314 2278; E-mail: [email protected]
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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.

Keywords

Hypoplastic right ventricleEustachian valveright-to-left interatrial shunt
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , July 1999 , pp. 427 - 429
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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