ASYMPTOMATIC COR TRIATRIUM IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT - OBSERVATION BY BIPLANAR TRANSESOPHAGEAL DOPPLER-ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Authors
TAKEUCHI Y KUROGANE K NISHIMURA Y KAJIURA T NAKATA H
Citation
Y. Takeuchi et al., ASYMPTOMATIC COR TRIATRIUM IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT - OBSERVATION BY BIPLANAR TRANSESOPHAGEAL DOPPLER-ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Japanese Circulation Journal, 61(2), 1997, pp. 189-191
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
Japanese Circulation Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00471828
Volume
61
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
189 - 191
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-1828(1997)61:2<189:ACTIAE>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We present a case of asymptomatic cor triatrium in a 78-year-old man, in whom the condition was diagnosed and the severity of the lesion was accurately assessed by biplanar transesophageal echocardiography. To our knowledge, our patient is the oldest living person with cor triatr ium.