An incidentally diagnosed asymptomatic congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm
Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, cilt.22, sa.2, ss.407-409, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2014
- Doi Numarası: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8206
- Dergi Adı: Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.407-409
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Child, congenital, left atrial aneurysm
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Left atrial appendage aneurysm is a rare cardiac anomaly. It can be congenital in origin or acquired secondary to inflammatory or degenerative processes. As it may cause potentially lethal arrhythmias or thrombi, surgical treatment is needed immediately after the diagnosis. In this article, we report a case of an asymptomatic three-year-old boy with a congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm. The patient was successfully treated with surgical resection of the aneurysm.