Abstract:The morphological variations when one, or both, of the atrial chambers
is subdivided, are many and varied. We present a synthesis of 198
published investigations of this “family” of uncommon lesions. Almost
three-quarters of patients with divided atrial chambers present during
infancy with severe pulmonary hypertension and cardiac failure.
Associated cardiac and extra-cardiac defects are present in between half
and nine-tenths of cases. Acquired division of the left atrium has been
reported after the Fontan op… Show more
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