A giant aneurysm of the left atrial appendage in childhood

作者:Haydin Sertac; Ozturk Erkut*; Guzeltas Alper; Odemis Ender; Bakir Ihsan
来源:Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2014, 22(1): 171-173.
DOI:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8118

摘要

Congenital aneurysm of the left atrial appendage is a very rare cardiac anomaly which can be accompanied with supraventricular rhythm disorders and life-threatening systemic thromboembolism. In this article, we present a six-year-old girl with a bulky mass of soft tissue density on the cardiac wall in chest X-ray which was adjacent to the left atrial appendage in two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography. The patient was diagnosed with the left atrial appendage aneurysm. Surgery was performed to eliminate potential complications. The patient was uneventful in the postoperative follow-up.

  • 出版日期2014-1

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