Giant eustachian valve - with echocardiographic appearance of divided right atrium
TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL, cilt.29, sa.4, ss.336-338, 2002 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2002
- Dergi Adı: TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.336-338
- Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
The eustachian valve is an embryologic remnant of the valve of the inferior vena cava. It may be prominent in some individuals, but the echocardiographic appearance of a divided right atrium, as the consequence of a large eustachian valve, is extremely rare. Herein we describe an unusual giant eustachian valve with an echocardiographic appearance of a septal structure dividing the right atrium into 2 separate chambers. This abnormality should be differentiated from cor triatriatum dexter a very rare cardiac malformation for which it could be mistaken.