Cor Triatriatum
A malformation of the heart in which the embryonic common PULMONARY VEIN was not incorporated into the LEFT ATRIUM leaving behind a perforated fibromuscular membrane bisecting the left atrium, a three-atrium heart. The opening between the two left atrium sections determines the degree of obstruction to pulmonary venous return, pulmonary venous and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Year introduced: 1987
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Tree Number(s): C14.240.400.200, C14.280.400.200, C16.131.240.400.200
MeSH Unique ID: D003310
Entry Terms:
- Cor Triatriatum Sinistrum
- Subdivided Left Atrium
- Atriums, Subdivided Left
- Atrium, Subdivided Left
- Left Atriums, Subdivided
- Left Atrium, Subdivided
- Subdivided Left Atriums
- Triatrial Heart
- Hearts, Triatrial
- Heart, Triatrial
- Triatrial Hearts
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