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Left Atrial Dissection after Left Ventricular Aneurysm Repair
Author(s) -
Pisklak Paul V.,
Tolpin Daniel A.,
Youngblood Sloan C.,
Collard Charles D.,
Pan Wei
Publication year - 2012
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.1540-8175.2012.01684.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , dissection (medical) , aneurysm , limiting , left ventricular aneurysm , hemodynamics , heart aneurysm , surgery , mechanical engineering , engineering
Left atrial (LA) dissection is an uncommon entity that occurs most often after mitral valve surgery. We present a case of a 52‐year‐old man who developed an LA dissection after repair of a postinfarction left ventricular (LV) aneurysm. Transesophageal echocardiography was used to establish the diagnosis of an LA dissection that almost completely occluded the LA, limiting LV filling and causing hemodynamic instability.