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- Title
Safe treatment of congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm using lateral thoracotomy on a 3-year-old patient.
- Authors
Fan, Fan; Bai, Song; Tong, Feng; Zheng, Jia; Li, Qilin; Guo, Zhangke; Li, Xiaofeng
- Abstract
Limited literatures report the management of congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm (LAAA) which is extremely rare. Chest X-ray firstly showed an enlarged left cardiac silhouette for a 3-year-old patient with pneumonia. Echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging confirmed a large cyst attached to the left atrium. Aneurysmectomy was performed through lateral thoracotomy using step-by-step method and under the guidance of transoesophageal echocardiography. We aim to show the safety and efficacy of this approach applied to children associated with congenital LAAA.
- Subjects
THORACOTOMY; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; DRUG efficacy; ANEURYSMS; LEFT heart atrium; PULMONARY veins
- Publication
Cardiology in the Young, 2021, Vol 31, Issue 1, p144
- ISSN
1047-9511
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1017/S1047951120003248