title: Intrapericardial left atrial aneurysm diagnosed by transoesophageal echocardiography and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: A case of intrapericardial left atrial aneurysm is described in a 38-year-old woman, who presented with invalidating paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. The diagnosis was suspected by 2D-echocardiography, and confirmed by transoesophageal echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. Chest X-ray, right and left ventricular and coronary angiography were normal. The aneurysm was surgically removed, and the patient has subsequently remained free from symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Rikshopitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gullestad
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fløgstad
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nordstrand
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Frøysaker
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Simonsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery