Chicken-wing type congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm

A Huge Congenital Left Atrial Appendage Aneurysm

A 33‐year‐old female patient presented to us with intermittent chest discomfort for 2 years and sudden syncope 1 month before without coronary heart disease, hypertension, or valvular heart disease. She was diagnosed as pericardial cyst by a physician of local hospital with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), and her thoracoscopic resection was discontinued when the surgeon observed the left ...

Giant Congenital Aneurysm of the Left Atrial Appendage

Giant left atrial appendage aneurysm.

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Congenital intrapericardial aneurysm of the left atrial appendage.

Congenital aneurysmal dilatation of the left atrial appendage is a rare but correctable lesion. It represents a diagnostic dilemma in patients with cardiomegaly and is commonly associated with supraventricular arrhythmias and life-threatening systemic embolization. We describe the diagnostic evaluation and surgical treatment during 1997 of a patient with congenital aneurysmal dilatation of the ...

Congenital giant aneurysm of the left atrial appendage.

Giant congenital intrapericardial aneurysms of the left atrial appendage and body are unusual cardiac anomalies. Only 48 cases have been previously reported in the literature, with the vast majority presenting in otherwise healthy young patients. These can present clinically with persistent arrhythmias and progress to stroke if not diagnosed and treated. Our index case is that of a 34-year-old ...