Aneurysm left atrial appendage
Author(s) -
Cindy Guignan,
F. A. Guerra,
Cristián Ramírez
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
cardiometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2304-7232
DOI - 10.12710/cardiometry.2017.10.7779
Subject(s) - appendage , cardiology , medicine , atrial appendage , aneurysm , atrial fibrillation , anatomy , radiology , sinus rhythm
Aneurysms of the atrial appendages are rare and extremely rare clinical entities. It can be confused with pericardial cyst, coronary artery aneurysm, left ventricular pseudoaneurysm and partial or complete congenital absence of the pericardium. Usually clinically asymptomatic, diagnosed as incidental finding by the presence of heart murmur or cardiomegaly on chest radiograph, it can also manifest in the presence of supraventricular arrhythmias or systemic embolism. The treatment of this pathology makes aneurysmectomy. For 3year preschool heart murmur and echocardiographic finding of insufficiency Mitral and aneurysmal dilation of the left atrial appendage it is presented.
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