title: Diagnosis of atrial septal aneurysm by two-dimensional echocardiography--a case report.
abstract: A patient who was evaluated for a syncopal episode was found by two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography to have an aneurysm of the atrial septum. The atrial septal aneurysm appeared as a localized outpouching of the atrial septum that protruded into the left atrium during systole and into the right atrium during early diastole. The 2D echocardiography permits the definitive diagnosis of this condition by a noninvasive technique.
authors.affiliation: Methodist Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Brooklyn, New York.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Angeles
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Betzu
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gould
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis