title: Congenital left atrial aneurysm in an infant.
abstract: Congenital left atrial aneurysm, without associated cardiac abnormalities, is a rare defect. We report the case of a large left atrial aneurysm filling almost the entire left hemothorax. This is the first report of this anomaly occurring in an infant less than 1 year of age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago Hospitals, IL 60637.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kadowaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Shermeta
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Arcilla
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Karp
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology