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Case Report
LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE ANEURYSM
LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE ANEURYSM
Aso F. SALIH *, Kirk A. Milhoan ** and Sertac Cicek ***
* Pediatric cardiologist, Sulaimani Pediatric Teaching Hospital, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq
** Pediatric cardiologist, Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
*** Pediatric cardiac surgeon, Anodolu Hospital –Istanbul –Turkey
Submitted: 30/8/2011; Accepted: 28/10/2011; Published 1/12/2011
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.17656/jsmc.10017
ABSTRACT
Left atrial appendage aneurysm is a rare condition that usually presents as cardiac arrhythmias or thromboembolic events. This is a report of a 14-year- old boy presented as supraventricular tachycardia that proved to be a case of left atrial appendage aneurysm. The aneurysm was surgically resected.
KEYWORDS
Left Atrial Appendage Aneurysm, Arrhythmia.
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