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Congenital aneurysm of the left atrial wall
Author(s) -
Cai Yuyan,
Wei Xin,
Tang Hong,
Dian Ke
Publication year - 2016
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/jocs.12866
Subject(s) - medicine , aneurysm , dysplasia , rare disease , radiology , cardiology , disease
A congenital aneurysm of the left atrial wall (ALAW) is a rare defect resulting from dysplasia and degeneration of myocardial cells in embryogenesis. We report a case of a 50‐year‐old female with ALAW, and review 16 previously reported cases and summarize the clinical features, imaging data, and the operations used to treat this rare disease.