TY - JOUR
T1 - Expansion of a Huge Compressive Left Atrial Appendage Aneurysm in a 29-Day-Old Infant
AU - Oda, Shinichiro
AU - Nakano, Toshihide
AU - Kado, Hideaki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - We report a case of symptomatic and progressive enlargement of a huge left atrial appendage aneurysm in a 29-day-old infant. The aneurysm was detected by fetal echocardiography and exertional dyspnea developed during the neonatal period. The aneurysm was successfully resected by decompressing the aneurysm using cardiopulmonary bypass without cardiac arrest. Our findings suggest that fetal echocardiography enables early diagnosis of the rare left atrial appendage aneurysm, and early surgical resection may protect affected patients from life-threatening symptoms.
AB - We report a case of symptomatic and progressive enlargement of a huge left atrial appendage aneurysm in a 29-day-old infant. The aneurysm was detected by fetal echocardiography and exertional dyspnea developed during the neonatal period. The aneurysm was successfully resected by decompressing the aneurysm using cardiopulmonary bypass without cardiac arrest. Our findings suggest that fetal echocardiography enables early diagnosis of the rare left atrial appendage aneurysm, and early surgical resection may protect affected patients from life-threatening symptoms.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.04.087
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.04.087
M3 - Article
C2 - 32511992
AN - SCOPUS:85096187680
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 110
SP - e521-e523
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 6
ER -