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Divided left atrium (cor triatriatum sinistrum) presenting with syncope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Angelo Camerieri ,
Giacomo Pongiglione  and
Alberto Bertolini
Angelo Camerieri
Affiliation:
From the Servizio di CardiologiaIstituto Giannina Gaslini Children's Hospital, Genova
Giacomo Pongiglione*
Affiliation:
Ospedale Genova-Sestri Ponente, the Servizio di Cardiologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini Children's Hospital,Genova
Alberto Bertolini
Affiliation:
From the Servizio di Cardiologia, and the Divisione di Cardiochirurgia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini Children's Hospital, Genova
*
Dr. Giacomo Pongiglione, Servizio di Cardiologia,Istituto Giannina Gaslini Children's Hospital, 5 Largo Gerolamo Gaslini, 16147 Genova, Italy. Tel. 39-10-5635-543; Fax. 39-10-377-6590.
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Summary

Syncope has never been described as the presenting symptom of divided left atrium (cor triatriatum sinistrum). We have now encountered this mode of presentation in an otherwise asymptomatic patient. An upright tilt test elicited syncope prior to surgical correction, but failed to induce any symptom, even subsequent to infusion of isoproterenol, after surgery.

Keywords

Syncopecor triatriatum sinistrumtilt test
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , January 1994 , pp. 69 - 70
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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