PMID- 27549544
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170331
LR  - 20170817
IS  - 1552-6259 (Electronic)
IS  - 0003-4975 (Linking)
VI  - 102
IP  - 3
DP  - 2016 Sep
TI  - Left Atrial Appendage Aneurysm.
PG  - e207-e209
LID - S0003-4975(16)00188-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.02.012 [doi]
AB  - Left atrial appendage aneurysms (LAAA) are extremely rare. This condition is 
      usually diagnosed incidentally or after the occurrence of thrombotic events or 
      cardiac tachyarrhythmias in the second to fourth decades of life. It can 
      predispose to hazardous adverse events, including atrial fibrillation, myocardial 
      infarction, and systemic thromboembolism. We report a case of LAAA in a 
      68-year-old woman presenting with atypical chest pain, exertional dyspnea, and 
      episodes of sudden-onset palpitation. Aneurysmectomy with the patient under 
      cardiac arrest with cardiopulmonary bypass was performed. In addition, we explore 
      the diagnosis, management, and prognosis of this entity through a meticulous 
      literature review.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All 
      rights reserved.
FAU - Hosseini, Saeid
AU  - Hosseini S
AD  - Heart Valve Disease Research Center, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research 
      Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Hashemi, Arash
AU  - Hashemi A
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran 
      University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Saedi, Sedigheh
AU  - Saedi S
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran 
      University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: 
      sedsaedi@gmail.com.
FAU - Jalili, Farshad
AU  - Jalili F
AD  - Department of Cardiac Surgery, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, 
      Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Maleki, Majid
AU  - Maleki M
AD  - Cardiovascular Intervention Research Center, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and 
      Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Jalalian, Rozita
AU  - Jalalian R
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran, 
      Iran.
FAU - Rezaei, Yousef
AU  - Rezaei Y
AD  - Heart Valve Disease Research Center, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research 
      Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Ann Thorac Surg
JT  - The Annals of thoracic surgery
JID - 15030100R
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Atrial Appendage/*diagnostic imaging/surgery
MH  - Cardiac Surgical Procedures/methods
MH  - Cardiopulmonary Bypass/methods
MH  - Chest Pain/diagnosis/etiology
MH  - Echocardiography, Transesophageal/*methods
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Heart Aneurysm/*diagnostic imaging/*surgery
MH  - Heart Arrest, Induced
MH  - Humans
MH  - Radiography, Thoracic/methods
MH  - Rare Diseases
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - Syncope/diagnosis/etiology
MH  - Thoracotomy/methods
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 2016/08/24 06:00
MHDA- 2017/04/01 06:00
CRDT- 2016/08/24 06:00
PHST- 2016/01/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/01/26 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/02/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/08/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/08/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/04/01 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0003-4975(16)00188-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.02.012 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Sep;102(3):e207-e209. doi: 
      10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.02.012.