title: Giant aneurysm of the atrial appendages in infants.
abstract: This case series describe two patients with giant aneurysms of the atrial appendages. This report discusses the clinical symptoms, imaging modalities, indications for surgical intervention, and histology of atrial appendage aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA ; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Sean M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Mass, USA ; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA.
authors.forename: Abbas Haider
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Zaidi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Mass, USA ; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA.
authors.forename: Tal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Geva
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Mass, USA ; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston, Mass, USA ; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA.
authors.forename: Pedro J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Del Nido
keywords: Atrium; congenital; dilation; pectinate muscles