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Submitted on December 19, 2005
Revised on April 21, 2006
Accepted on May 4, 2006

Sinus Venosus-Type Atrial Septal Defect. A Rare Curable Cause of Recurrent Transient Neurological Deficits

Serkan Cakmak MD; Christine Goldman MD; André Bozio MD; Norbert Nighoghossian MD; Laurent Derex MD; and Paul Trouillas MD^*

From the Cerebrovascular Unit, Hôpital Neurologique et Neurochirurgical P. Wertheimer (S.C., N.N., L.D., P.T.), and Service de Cardiologie C, Hôpital Cardio-Vasculaire et Pneumologique L. Pradel (C.G., A.B.), Bron, France.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: paul.trouillas{at}chu-lyon.fr.

Background and Purpose--Sinus venosus defect is a rare cardiac abnormality, provoking an interatrial shunting outside the interatrial septum. Echographic diagnosis is difficult and may require examination by a specialized cardiologist.

Summary of Case--We report the case of a young woman who presented with repeated episodes of hemiparesis.

Conclusions--Surgical correction of sinus venosus defect led to disappearance of neurological symptoms.

Key words: cerebral embolism • heart septum • sinus venosus