Open AccessTransesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of acquired aneurysms of the left atrial appendage
Author(s) -
Culver Deborah L.,
Bezante Gian Paolo,
Schwarz Karl Q.,
Meltzer Richard S.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960160214
Subject(s) - medicine , appendage , atrial appendage , cardiology , aneurysm , radiology , atrial fibrillation , anatomy , sinus rhythm
We report a patient with what appeared to be a pericardial cyst by transthoracic echocardiography but was, in effect, an aneurysm of the left atrial appendage as documented by transesophageal echocardiography.