Aneurysm of the body of the left atrium presenting with chest pain.
A patient with aneurysm of the body of the left atrium presenting with angina pectoris and mild congestive heart failure, but completely normal coronary arteriograms, is reported. A deverticulum seen in the left ventricular angiogram, read as a ventricular diverticulum, was found at surgery to be an aneurysm of the body of the left atrium. The possible etiologics and complications of the left atrial aneurysm are briefly discussed.
D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged