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- Title
Left atrial diverticulum—An unexpected finding in routine transesophageal echocardiography.
- Authors
Schneider, Matthias; Morris, Daniel A.; Pieske‐Kraigher, Elisabeth; Walter‐Rittel, Thula; Parwani, Abdul S.; Pieske, Burkert; Boldt, Leif‐Hendrik
- Abstract
We report a 55‐year‐old male patient with lone paroxysmal atrial fibrillation who underwent routine transesophageal echocardiography (TOE) at our institution. In a mid‐esophageal 125° three‐chamber angulation, a distinct thinning of the left atrial (LA) wall was observed, forming a 7 × 4 mm canal with only a small membrane separating the LA from the pericardial space. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging diagnosed a small LA diverticulum. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first manuscript describing detection of a small LA diverticulum via TOE.
- Subjects
ATRIAL fibrillation; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; TRANSESOPHAGEAL echocardiography; DIVERTICULUM; LEFT heart atrium
- Publication
Echocardiography, 2021, Vol 38, Issue 1, p147
- ISSN
0742-2822
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/echo.14949