Atrial Dissection-Like Appearance Caused by an Inferior Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect with an Unroofed Defect


Gul M., Ozeke O., Canpolat U., Temizer O., Golbasi Z., Tufekcioglu O.

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES, vol.31, no.3, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

Abstract

Mini-Abstract Atrial dissection is an uncommon entity and is generally associated with mitral valve interventions. However, atrial dissection-like appearance has been also reported and atrial dissection might be considered as an important differential diagnosis. We present the interesting image of a left atrial dissection-like appearance, which was actually caused by a dilated unroofed coronary sinus (CS) with inferior sinus venosus (SV)-type atrial septal defect (ASD).Unexplained volume overload of right-sided chambers should prompt for careful evaluation for SV type of ASD (superior or inferior), unroofed CS type of ASD, and partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage.