title: Left atrial compression by thoracic aneurysm mimicking congestive heart failure.
abstract: Most patients with thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm are asymptomatic and this aneurysm has rarely been reported as a cause of congestive heart failure. We present an infrequent case of extrinsic left atrial compression caused by a descending thoracic aneurysm diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography as a cause of heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Celenk
authors.forename: Ozcan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozeke
authors.forename: M Timur
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Selcuk
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Selcuk
authors.forename: Kerim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cagli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography