title: Inverted left appendage: an unexpected echocardiographic image finding after left ventricular assist device implantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Heart and Vessels, Cardiac Surgery Unit and Heart Transplantation Center, "S. Camillo-Forlanini" Hospital, 00149, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Amedeo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pergolini
authors.affiliation: Department of Heart and Vessels, Cardiac Surgery Unit and Heart Transplantation Center, "S. Camillo-Forlanini" Hospital, 00149, Rome, Italy. marzia.cottini@hotmail.it.
authors.forename: Marzia
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4504-5697
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cottini
authors.affiliation: Department of Heart and Vessels, Cardiac Surgery Unit and Heart Transplantation Center, "S. Camillo-Forlanini" Hospital, 00149, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Montalto
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Belcolle Hospital, 01100, Viterbo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giordano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zampi
authors.affiliation: Department of Heart and Vessels, Cardiac Surgery Unit and Heart Transplantation Center, "S. Camillo-Forlanini" Hospital, 00149, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Musumeci
mesh_terms: D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Atrial Myxoma; Left Atrial Appendage; Left Ventricular Assist Device; Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation; Mitral Valve Regurgitation