Syncope as an Initial Manifestation of Atypical Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Interatrial Septum | Zendy

Sheikh Mujeeb | Zendy; Hasan Syed | Zendy; Kanjwal Yousuf | Zendy; Schwann Thomas | Zendy; Grubb Blair P. | Zendy

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Syncope as an Initial Manifestation of Atypical Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Interatrial Septum

Author(s) -

Sheikh Mujeeb,

Hasan Syed,

Kanjwal Yousuf,

Schwann Thomas,

Grubb Blair P.

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of cardiac surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428

H-Index - 58

eISSN - 1540-8191

pISSN - 0886-0440

DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2012.01465.x

Subject(s) - interatrial septum , medicine , abnormality , cardiology , atrial septum , primary interatrial foramen , foramen secundum , left atrium , patent foramen ovale , atrial fibrillation , psychiatry , migraine

Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum (LHIS) is an incidental echocardiographic abnormality characterized by dumb‐bell configuration of the interatrial septum from excess fat deposition. We report a case of syncope in a patient with LHIS obstructing the superior vena cava at the right atrial junction. (J Card Surg 2012;27:454‐457)

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