Tufaro Vincenzo, Slavich Massimo, Fisicaro Andrea, Ingallina Giacomo, Margonato Alberto, Agricola Eustachio
Cardiologia Diagnostica Non Invasiva, Ospedale San Raffaele, IRCCS, Milano, Italy.
G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2013 Jul-Aug;14(7-8):555-7. doi: 10.1714/1308.14464.
We report the case of a 63-year-old woman admitted to the intensive care unit because of acute decompensated right heart failure. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed severe right ventricular dysfunction with severe tricuspid regurgitation of unknown origin and a large membrane running from the inferior vena cava to the interatrial septum with significant diastolic transmembrane gradient, consistent with the diagnosis of cor triatriatum dexter. The clinical interest of our findings relies on the coexistence of multiple diseases, which actually contributed in a different but synergistic manner to right heart failure.
我们报告了一例63岁女性因急性失代偿性右心衰竭入住重症监护病房的病例。经胸和经食管超声心动图显示严重的右心室功能障碍,伴有原因不明的严重三尖瓣反流,以及从下腔静脉延伸至房间隔的一大块隔膜,舒张期跨膜梯度明显,符合右心三房心的诊断。我们研究结果的临床意义在于多种疾病并存,它们实际上以不同但协同的方式导致了右心衰竭。