PMID- 29480827
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180302
LR  - 20220419
IS  - 1536-5964 (Electronic)
IS  - 0025-7974 (Print)
IS  - 0025-7974 (Linking)
VI  - 97
IP  - 2
DP  - 2018 Jan
TI  - Congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm: A rare case report and literature 
      review.
PG  - e9344
LID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000009344 [doi]
LID - e9344
AB  - RATIONALE: Left atrial appendage aneurysms (LAAA) are rare. Patients with LAAA 
      are often diagnosed incidentally or after cardiac tachyarrhythmia or systemic 
      thromboembolism happen. Early diagnosis and surgical resection is of utmost 
      importance to prevent hazardous adverse events. PATIENT CONCERNS: We present a 
      case of 46-year-old man with congenital LAAA. The individual in this manuscript 
      has given written informed consent to publish these case details. DIAGNOSES: 
      Imaging studies, such as echocardiography, cardiovascular computed tomography 
      (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), demonstrated the large cavity arising 
      from the left atrial appendage. The diagnosis of LAAA was confirmed. 
      INTERVENTIONS: The patient underwent an aneurysmectomy without any complications. 
      OUTCOMES: TTE confirmed the disappearance of the LAAA from the left parasternal 
      short-axis view of the aortic root postoperatively. The patient remained 
      asymptomatic without any adverse events at his 3-month follow-up visits. LESSONS: 
      The associated high risk of life-threatening complications and the relative ease 
      of surgical removal suggest that prompt evaluation should be considered in 
      patients with lesions adjacent to the left heart border.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2017 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights 
      reserved.
FAU - Wang, Bin
AU  - Wang B
AD  - Department of Ultrasound Hubei Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging. Department of 
      Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong 
      University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
FAU - Li, He
AU  - Li H
FAU - Zhang, Li
AU  - Zhang L
FAU - He, Lin
AU  - He L
FAU - Zhang, Jing
AU  - Zhang J
FAU - Liu, Cong
AU  - Liu C
FAU - Wang, Jing
AU  - Wang J
FAU - Lv, Qing
AU  - Lv Q
FAU - Shang, Xiaoke
AU  - Shang X
FAU - Liu, Jinping
AU  - Liu J
FAU - Xie, Mingxing
AU  - Xie M
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - Medicine (Baltimore)
JT  - Medicine
JID - 2985248R
SB  - IM
MH  - *Atrial Appendage/diagnostic imaging/pathology/surgery
MH  - Heart Aneurysm/*congenital/diagnostic imaging/pathology/surgery
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
PMC - PMC5943883
COIS- The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
EDAT- 2018/02/27 06:00
MHDA- 2018/03/03 06:00
PMCR- 2018/01/12
CRDT- 2018/02/27 06:00
PHST- 2018/02/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/02/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/03/03 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/01/12 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 00005792-201801120-00007 [pii]
AID - MD-D-17-05738 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000009344 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Jan;97(2):e9344. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000009344.