COR TRIATRIATUM IN A 3 MONTH OLD INFANT An operable form of pulmonary hypertension

ABSTRACT. Wyler, F., Rutishauser, M. and Grädel, E. (Children's Hospital and Department of Heart Surgery, University of Basel, Switzerland). An operable form of pulmonary hypertension: Cor triatriatum in a 3-month-old infant. Acta Paediatr Scand, 63: 619, 1974. —In a 3-month-old infant the clinical picture and the diagnostic criteria of cor triatriatum are presented. In addition to the pressure differences between PC wedge and left atrium the angiocardiogram is pertinent for detecting this malformation. This easily operable condition should be included in the differential diagnosis in every case of pulmonary hypertension from elevated pulmonary venous pressure. This is, to our knowledge, the youngest patient reported with correct preoperative diagnosis and surgical cure.