title: Left atrial band: a rare congenital anomaly.
abstract: Left atrial fibromuscular band is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly. We present a patient with an incidental finding of left atrial band on an intra-operative transesophageal echocardiogram and characterize its appearance on two-dimensional and three-dimensional echocardiograms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Eastern Heart Clinic, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liou
authors.forename: Manuja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Premaratne
authors.forename: Gita
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mathur
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male