title: Pseudoaneurysm causing partial obliteration of the left atrium: case report and review.
abstract: We describe a case of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm with subepicardial dissection onto the left atrial wall, mimicking a smooth left atrial mass, causing partial obliteration of the left atrial cavity. This patient presented with a transient ischemic attack, most likely resulting from a thromboembolic episode to the brain. Emergent surgery was successfully performed and the patient is doing well at 1-year follow-up, with no signs of left atrial compression by transthoracic echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hoffman Heart Institute of Connecticut, Hartford 06105, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nathaniel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Palma
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Scheinerman
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Missri
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Schinnerman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans