Divided Left Atrium (Cor Triatriatum) in the Setting of Common Atrium Frank Edwin, MD, Baffoe Gyan, MD, Mark Tettey, MD, Ernest Aniteye, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 94, Issue 2, Pages e49-e50 (August 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.051 Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Intraoperative view of the common atrium with the left-sided dividing shelf (#) whose lower free edge (solid arrow) overlapped the mitral valve beneath (see Fig 2). The orifice of the right pulmonary veins (*) opens into the morphologically right atrium. (F = feet; H = head; L = left; R = right.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 94, e49-e50DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.051) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Cross-sectional depiction of intraoperative view showing the dividing shelf (straight arrow), flow from common atrium towards mitral valve (curved arrow). (@1 = right pulmonary vein orifice; @2 = orifices of left pulmonary veins; CS = coronary sinus; LV = left ventricle; RV = right ventricle.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 94, e49-e50DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.051) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions