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Case Report

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 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.

Correspondence to Dr Paul Trouillas, Cerebrovascular Unit, Hôpital Neurologique et Neurochirurgical P. Wertheimer, 59, boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron Cedex, France. 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