Open AccessA giant left atrial appendage aneurysm with a large pinball-like thrombus in a 2 year old
Author(s) -
Simarjot Singh Sarin,
Tripat Kaur Bindra,
Gurpreet Singh Chhabra
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.99634
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombus , appendage , aneurysm , atrial appendage , cardiology , resection , stroke (engine) , surgical resection , radiology , surgery , atrial fibrillation , anatomy , mechanical engineering , sinus rhythm , engineering
Congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm is very rare. We describe a giant left atrial appendage aneurysm with a pinball-like mobile thrombus in a 2-year-old child with cardioembolic stroke. Patient underwent successful surgical resection of the aneurysm.