PMID- 28302138
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170411
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1749-8090 (Electronic)
IS  - 1749-8090 (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 1
DP  - 2017 Mar 16
TI  - Congenital giant left atrial appendage aneurysm: a case report.
PG  - 15
LID - 10.1186/s13019-017-0576-6 [doi]
LID - 15
AB  - BACKGROUND: Congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm (LAAA) is a rare cardiac 
      anomaly with potentially serious complications, including life-threatening 
      systemic thromboembolism, atrial tachyarrhythmia, and cardiac dysfunction. 
      Currently, early surgical intervention is generally recommended to prevent these 
      complications. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of congenital giant LAAA in a 
      female patient who successfully completed pregnancy and underwent caesarean 
      section with no obvious complications. Surgical resection of the LAAA was 
      performed 3 years later, at the onset of chest pain resulting from compression of 
      adjacent cardiac structures by the LAAA. CONCLUSION: Surgical resection is 
      recommended for the majority of patients with LAAA because of potential 
      LAAA-related severe outcomes. However, clinical monitoring may be an optional 
      strategy for asymptomatic patients without intra-atrial thrombus or other 
      complications. Precise evaluation with echocardiography and brain magnetic 
      resonance imaging is valuable for the subsequent management of LAAA.
FAU - Chen, Yan
AU  - Chen Y
AD  - Echocardiography and Vascular Ultrasound Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, 
      College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
FAU - Mou, Yun
AU  - Mou Y
AD  - Echocardiography and Vascular Ultrasound Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, 
      College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
FAU - Jiang, Li-Jun
AU  - Jiang LJ
AD  - Department of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, 
      College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
FAU - Hu, Shen-Jiang
AU  - Hu SJ
AD  - Institute of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, 
      Zhejiang University, No.79, Qing-Chun Road, Hangzhou, China. 
      s0hu0001@hotmail.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170316
PL  - England
TA  - J Cardiothorac Surg
JT  - Journal of cardiothoracic surgery
JID - 101265113
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Atrial Appendage
MH  - Cardiac Surgical Procedures/*methods
MH  - Echocardiography, Doppler
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Aneurysm/*congenital/diagnosis/surgery
MH  - Humans
MH  - Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
MH  - Tomography, X-Ray Computed
PMC - PMC5356375
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Case report
OT  - Echocardiography
OT  - Left atrial appendage aneurysm
OT  - Pregnancy
EDAT- 2017/03/18 06:00
MHDA- 2017/04/12 06:00
PMCR- 2017/03/16
CRDT- 2017/03/18 06:00
PHST- 2016/10/13 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/02/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/03/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/03/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/04/12 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/03/16 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s13019-017-0576-6 [pii]
AID - 576 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s13019-017-0576-6 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Mar 16;12(1):15. doi: 10.1186/s13019-017-0576-6.