Isolated left atrial appendage ostial stenosis.
A patient with atrial tachycardia presented with dyspnoea on exertion. Transoesophageal echocardiography revealed idiopathic left atrial appendage stenosis. The mouth of the atrial appendage was narrowed, and there was a high velocity to and fro jet between the left atrial body and the left atrial appendage. The study, therefore, suggested isolated left atrial appendage orifice stenosis.
Stern
Joshua D
JD
NYU Langone Medical Center Non-Invasive Cardiology Laboratory, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA. sternj07@med.nyu.edu
Skolnick
Adam H
AH
Freedberg
Robin S
RS
Kronzon
Itzhak
I
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male