Left atrial appendage aneurysm: echocardiographic diagnostic.
The left atrial appendage aneurysm is a rare condition that frequently manifests itself by heart arrhythmias or thromboembolism. We report the case of a patient with left atrial appendage aneurysm, diagnosed by echocardiography and submitted to surgical resection.
Setor de Ecocardiografia Adulto, Real e Benemérita Associação Portuguesa de Beneficência - São Paulo, SP - Brasil. vcveiga@cardiol.br
Viviane Cordeiro
VC
Veiga
Salomón Soriano Ordinola
SS
Rojas
Amilton
A
Silva Junior
Marcelo Luiz
ML
Patrício
Elias César Hauy
EC
Marum
Henry
H
Abensur
D000328:Adult; D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male