Perioperative Application of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in an Elderly Patient with Mirror-Image Dextrocardia and Atrial Fibrillation | Zendy

Lu Zhang | Zendy; Ming Bai | Zendy; Jizhe Xu | Zendy; Gaxue Jiang | Zendy; Ai-yun Deng | Zendy; Zheng Zhang | Zendy

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Perioperative Application of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in an Elderly Patient with Mirror-Image Dextrocardia and Atrial Fibrillation

Author(s) -

Lu Zhang,

Ming Bai,

Jizhe Xu,

Gaxue Jiang,

Ai-yun Deng,

Zheng Zhang

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

case reports in cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6412

pISSN - 2090-6404

DOI - 10.1155/2021/8816751

Subject(s) - dextrocardia , medicine , atrial fibrillation , intracardiac injection , cardiology , atrial appendage , perioperative , radiology , sinus rhythm

Mirror-image dextrocardia is non-life-threatening but not commonly diagnosed in the clinic. With the internal organs reversed, most of the patients with mirror-image dextrocardia have no clinical symptoms if the dextrocardia is not combined with other intracardiac malformations. Mirror-image dextrocardia is often discovered during other physical check or performing other examinations. In the present study, we reported a successful closure of a left atrial appendage in an 84-year-old patient with mirror-image dextrocardia with atrial fibrillation under the guidance of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). Detailed perioperative steps of patient procedure description and TEE monitoring were described in this report.

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