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Incremental benefit of three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in the assessment of left atrial appendage aneurysm leading to severe extrinsic compression of a coronary artery
Author(s) -
Tandon Rohit,
Arisha Mohammed J.,
Nanda Navin C.,
Kumar Sooraj,
Wander Gurpreet S.,
Srialluri Swetha,
Kamel Hassan,
Salama Ahmed Y.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.13901
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , appendage , atrial appendage , aneurysm , chest pain , radiology , lesion , artery , compression (physics) , atrial fibrillation , surgery , anatomy , materials science , sinus rhythm , composite material
Left atrial appendage aneurysm ( LAA AN ) is a rare disease entity, which can be congenital or acquired in nature. We report an adult patient with LAA AN presenting with anginal chest pain in whom live / real time three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (3 DTTE ) provided incremental value over the two‐dimensional (2D) technique in providing a more comprehensive assessment of the lesion. A literature review of the salient features of LAA AN is also provided in a tabular form.