(IV-1B.1a) 55 years old patient with congenital heart malformation Joanna Stanisz-Kempa, Daniel Jakubowski, Maria Kasztelan- Masłowska, Barbara Monastyrska-Cup, Romuald Twardowski, Mariusz Skowerski, Zbigniew Gąsior

Background Cor triatriatum (or triatrial heart) is a congenital heart defect where the left atrium(cor triatriatum sinistrum) or right atrium (cor triatriatum dextrum) is subdivided by a thin membrane, resulting in three atrial chambers. Cor triatriatum is a rare congenital anomaly with a ratio of men to women of 1.5:1 [1] Cor triatriatum represents 0.1% -0,4% of all congenital cardiac malformations and usually refers to the left atrium. [2-3]In cor triatriatum sinister the left atrium is divided by a fibromuscular …

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