PMID- 19925547
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100205
LR  - 20110505
IS  - 1747-0803 (Electronic)
IS  - 1747-079X (Linking)
VI  - 4
IP  - 6
DP  - 2009 Nov-Dec
TI  - Left atrial appendage aneurysm-a rare anomaly with an atypical presentation.
PG  - 489-93
LID - 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2009.00319.x [doi]
AB  - Left atrial appendage aneurysm (LAAA) is a rare condition caused by congenital 
      dysplasia of the atrial muscles. Patients usually present with atrial 
      tachyarrhythmias as a result of ectopic foci of atrial rhythm generation or 
      systemic thromboembolism. We report a case of a 38-year-old Native American 
      female presenting with 1-month history of cough, in sinus rhythm, and found to 
      have a large cyst-like structure next to the left ventricular lateral wall on 
      transthoracic echocardiography. This structure was later confirmed as a LAAA on 
      cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Patient underwent aneurysmectomy without any 
      complications.
FAU - Wilson, Dena
AU  - Wilson D
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Arizona, 
      Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
FAU - Kalra, Nishant
AU  - Kalra N
FAU - Brody, Eric A
AU  - Brody EA
FAU - Van Dyk, Henry
AU  - Van Dyk H
FAU - Sorrell, Vincent L
AU  - Sorrell VL
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Congenit Heart Dis
JT  - Congenital heart disease
JID - 101256510
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Atrial Appendage/*abnormalities/*surgery
MH  - *Cardiac Surgical Procedures
MH  - Echocardiography
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Aneurysm/diagnosis/*pathology/*surgery
MH  - Heart Atria/abnormalities/surgery
MH  - Humans
MH  - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MH  - Radiography, Thoracic
EDAT- 2009/11/21 06:00
MHDA- 2010/02/06 06:00
CRDT- 2009/11/21 06:00
PHST- 2009/11/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/11/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/02/06 06:00 [medline]
AID - CHD319 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2009.00319.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Congenit Heart Dis. 2009 Nov-Dec;4(6):489-93. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1747-0803.2009.00319.x.