Cor Triatriatum Sinistrum Combined with Changes in Atrial Septum and Right Atrium in a 60-Year-Old Woman
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Macroscopical Analysis
3.2. Measurements of Atrial and Ventricular Wall Thickness
3.3. Analysis by Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Computed Tomography and Cinematic Rendering
3.4. Comparison with Left and Right Atria of Regularly Formed Hearts
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Gender | Age | Right Atrium | Left Atrium | Right Ventricle | Left Ventricle |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | 77 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
M | 85 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
M | 84 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 |
M | 78 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
M | 90 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
M | 80 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
M | 78 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
Mean = 2.43 | Mean = 1.71 | Mean = 6.00 | Mean = 14,57 | ||
SEM = 0.48 | SEM = 0.29 | SEM = 0.62 | SEM = 0.78 | ||
F | 87 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
F | 87 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
F | 83 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
F | 89 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
F | 81 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
F | 92 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
F | 91 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
F | 92 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
Mean = 1.75 | Mean = 1.38 | Mean = 5.37 | Mean = 12.88 | ||
SEM = 0.16 | SEM = 0.18 | SEM = 0.46 | SEM = 0.85 | ||
F | 60 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
C.t.s. |
Heart Compartment | Hearts | Variation | n | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Left atrium | 59 | Atrial septum smooth | 26 | 44.0 |
Atrial septum with sickle-like fold, directed dorsally | 20 | 33.9 | ||
Atrial septum with sickle-like fold, directed cranially | 1 | 1.7 | ||
Atrial septum with sickle-like fold, directed caudally | 1 | 1.7 | ||
Atrial septum with various sieve-like depressions | 4 | 6.8 | ||
Oval fossa bulged in direction of left atrium | 7 | 11.9 | ||
Right atrium | 58 | Oval fossa barely expressed | 7 | 12.0 |
Oval fossa flat | 28 | 48.3 | ||
Oval fossa deepened | 23 | 39.7 | ||
Right atrium | 59 | Eustacian valve not expressed | 15 | 25.4 |
Eustacian valve normally expressed | 29 | 49.2 | ||
Eustacian valve strongly expressed | 15 | 25.4 | ||
Right atrium | 58 | Thebesian valve not expressed | 16 | 27.6 |
Thebesian valve normally expressed | 32 | 55.2 | ||
Thebesian valve strongly expressed | 10 | 17.2 |
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Claassen, H.; Busch, C.; May, M.S.; Schicht, M.; Scholz, M.; Schulze, M.; Paulsen, F.; Wree, A. Cor Triatriatum Sinistrum Combined with Changes in Atrial Septum and Right Atrium in a 60-Year-Old Woman. Medicina 2021, 57, 777. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57080777
Claassen H, Busch C, May MS, Schicht M, Scholz M, Schulze M, Paulsen F, Wree A. Cor Triatriatum Sinistrum Combined with Changes in Atrial Septum and Right Atrium in a 60-Year-Old Woman. Medicina. 2021; 57(8):777. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57080777
Chicago/Turabian StyleClaassen, Horst, Christian Busch, Matthias Stefan May, Martin Schicht, Michael Scholz, Marko Schulze, Friedrich Paulsen, and Andreas Wree. 2021. "Cor Triatriatum Sinistrum Combined with Changes in Atrial Septum and Right Atrium in a 60-Year-Old Woman" Medicina 57, no. 8: 777. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57080777