TY - JOUR
T1 - Giant left atrial intrapericardial aneurysm
T2 - Noninvasive preoperative imaging
AU - Wang, Dongfang
AU - Holden, Bridget
AU - Savage, Clare
AU - Zhang, Kailun
AU - Zwischenberger, Joseph B.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Congenital giant intrapericardial aneurysms of the left atrium are rare. A 17-year-old boy presented with paroxysmal episodes of palpitations, chest pain, and dyspnea. A chest roentgenogram showed an enlarged left cardiac silhouette. Transthoracic echocardiography imaging showed an intrapericardial aneurysm of the left atrium. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the diagnosis and delineated adjacent structures to plan the surgical resection. We have found no previous reports of cases of diagnosis and preoperative assessment based solely on noninvasive imaging.
AB - Congenital giant intrapericardial aneurysms of the left atrium are rare. A 17-year-old boy presented with paroxysmal episodes of palpitations, chest pain, and dyspnea. A chest roentgenogram showed an enlarged left cardiac silhouette. Transthoracic echocardiography imaging showed an intrapericardial aneurysm of the left atrium. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the diagnosis and delineated adjacent structures to plan the surgical resection. We have found no previous reports of cases of diagnosis and preoperative assessment based solely on noninvasive imaging.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02447-4
DO - 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02447-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 11269416
AN - SCOPUS:0035098615
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 71
SP - 1014
EP - 1016
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 3
ER -