Left atrial appendage aneurysm presenting with recurrent embolic strokes.
A case of left atrial appendage aneurysm is described in a 40-year-old man, who presented with recurrent embolic strokes and was asymptomatic until the last 6 months. Chest X-ray revealed a slightly prominent upper left heart border. The diagnosis was made by transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography and confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging and also by surgery.
Acartürk
Esmeray
E
Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey. kanarya@cu.edu.tr
Kanadaşi
Mehmet
M
Yerdelen
Vahide Deniz
VD
Akpinar
Onur
O
Ozeren
Ali
A
Saygili
Ozlem Barutçu
OB
D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*