NALT

Preferred term

cor triatriatum

Topic

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.

cor triatriatum sinistrum
triatrial heart

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

65339

Spanish

cor triatriatum

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/204167

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Created 8/28/13, last modified 6/21/16