jsmc-10017

Case Report

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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