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An interatrial communication through the mouth of the coronary sinus is a rare cardiac anomaly. It is usually associated with a left superior caval vein draining into the coronary sinus and is frequently part of a complex congenital malformation of the heart. Failure to recognize this defect before surgical repair of the primary cardiac lesion may lead to persistent interatrial shunting, which may in turn cause postoperative cyanosis. This report describes two cases of interatrial communication through the coronary sinus diagnosed prospectively by echocardiography. It demonstrates the important role of contrast echocardiography in the evaluation of patients suspected of having this malformation.
K G Schmidt, and
N H Silverman
January 1984,
Acta medica Austriaca. Supplement,
K G Schmidt, and
N H Silverman
January 1982,
Ultrasound in medicine & biology,
K G Schmidt, and
N H Silverman
October 1982,
Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie,
K G Schmidt, and
N H Silverman
October 1983,
Fortschritte der Medizin,
K G Schmidt, and
N H Silverman
January 1984,
Acta medica Austriaca,
K G Schmidt, and
N H Silverman
April 1980,
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift,
K G Schmidt, and
N H Silverman
July 2002,
Cardiology in the young,
K G Schmidt, and
N H Silverman
January 1982,
Revista espanola de cardiologia,
K G Schmidt, and
N H Silverman
April 2017,
Cardiology in the young,
K G Schmidt, and
N H Silverman
January 1984,
European heart journal,
