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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
Abstract 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)