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Left Atrial Compression by Thoracic Aneurysm Mimicking Congestive Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Celenk Mehmet K.,
Ozeke Ozcan,
Selcuk M. Timur,
Selcuk Hatice,
Cagli Kerim
Publication year - 2005
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/j.1540-8175.2005.40083.x
Subject(s) - heart failure , medicine , asymptomatic , cardiology , aneurysm , compression (physics) , heart aneurysm , thoracic aortic aneurysm , aortic aneurysm , radiology , materials science , composite material
Most patients with thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm are asymptomatic and this aneurysm has rarely been reported as a cause of congestive heart failure. We present an infrequent case of extrinsic left atrial compression caused by a descending thoracic aneurysm diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography as a cause of heart failure.