A Misleading Left Atrial Appendage

Left atrial appendage collapse is a relatively unusual echocardiographic finding. Although in post-cardiac surgery patients it may be an early sign of cardiac tamponade, and pericardiocentesis should be discussed, a conservative approach may be followed in cases secondary to viral infection without...

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Autores principales: Kourtinos, Alexandros, Aghezzaf, Samy, Montaigne, David, Coisne, Augustin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Mini-Focus Issue: Structural Heart
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10240283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37283826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101872
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author Kourtinos, Alexandros
Aghezzaf, Samy
Montaigne, David
Coisne, Augustin
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description Left atrial appendage collapse is a relatively unusual echocardiographic finding. Although in post-cardiac surgery patients it may be an early sign of cardiac tamponade, and pericardiocentesis should be discussed, a conservative approach may be followed in cases secondary to viral infection without confusing it with a left atrial appendage thrombus. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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spelling pubmed-102402832023-06-06 A Misleading Left Atrial Appendage Kourtinos, Alexandros Aghezzaf, Samy Montaigne, David Coisne, Augustin JACC Case Rep Mini-Focus Issue: Structural Heart Left atrial appendage collapse is a relatively unusual echocardiographic finding. Although in post-cardiac surgery patients it may be an early sign of cardiac tamponade, and pericardiocentesis should be discussed, a conservative approach may be followed in cases secondary to viral infection without confusing it with a left atrial appendage thrombus. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Elsevier 2023-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10240283/ /pubmed/37283826 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101872 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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