Hemolytic anemia: an unusual presentation of cor triatriatum sinistrum.

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah 21499, Saudi Arabia, KSA.

Published: August 2009

Cor triatriatum is a congenital malformation of the heart which is usually presented with heart failure. We have dealt with an unusual presentation of a two-month-old child with cor triatriatum presented with hemolytic anemia.

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