Off-pump snare technique for congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm.
Left atrial appendage aneurysm is an extremely rare anomaly and as such has been rarely imaged or seen intraoperatively with very little accumulated management experience. The available scant published literature stresses resection on cardiopulmonary bypass as the safest and by far the most commonly applied technique. We suggest a novel alternative imaging-guided management utilising an off-pump tourniquet snare technique under live transoesophageal echocardiography.
1 Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America.
Daniel J
DJ
DiBardino
2 Division of Pediatric Cardiology Children's Heart Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America.
Avichal
A
Aggarwal
2 Division of Pediatric Cardiology Children's Heart Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America.
Jarrod D
JD
Knudson
D020517:Atrial Appendage; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male