title: Giant intrapericardial aneurysm of the left atrial appendage.
abstract: A young patient is reported with an aneurysm of the left atrial appendage having supraventricular arrhythmias and a period of chest pain accompanied by a rise in cardiac enzymes. Compression of the left anterior descending coronary artery by the aneurysm was felt to be responsible for the myocardial injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Academic Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Frambach
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Geskes
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Cheriex
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Wellens
authors.forename: O C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Penn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology