title: Surgical Repair of Congenital Left Atrial Aneurysm and Mitral Valve Insufficiency in a Four-Year-Old Child.
abstract: Left atrial aneurysm is an extremely rare anomaly, which can be associated with supraventricular arrhythmia, compression of coronary arteries, intracardiac thrombus, life-threatening systemic embolization, pulmonary venous obstruction, mitral valve insufficiency, and congestive heart failure. Herein, we report a four-year-old boy who had a giant aneurysm of the left atrium and severe mitral regurgitation. The aneurysm and mitral valve cleft causing severe mitral regurgitation were successfully repaired.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Acibadem University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.|2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Acibadem Bakirkoy Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: C Tayyar
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Sarioglu
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Acibadem Bakirkoy Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Turkekul
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Acibadem Bakirkoy Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arnaz
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Acibadem Bakirkoy Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emrah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sisli
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Acibadem Bakirkoy Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yusuf Kenan
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Yalcinbas
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Acibadem University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarioglu
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: aneurysm; cleft mitral; congenital heart disease; mitral regurgitation