A giant aneurysm of the left atrial appendage in childhood
Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, cilt.22, sa.1, ss.171-173, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2014
- Doi Numarası: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8118
- 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.171-173
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Aneurysm, childhood, left atrial appendage, surgery
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Congenital aneurysm of the left atrial appendage is a very rare cardiac anomaly which can be accompanied with supraventricular rhythm disorders and life-threatening systemic thromboembolism. In this article, we present a six-year-old girl with a bulky mass of soft tissue density on the cardiac wall in chest X-ray which was adjacent to the left atrial appendage in two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography. The patient was diagnosed with the left atrial appendage aneurysm. Surgery was performed to eliminate potential complications. The patient was uneventful in the postoperative follow-up.