A giant left atrial appendage aneurysm with a large pinball-like thrombus in a 2 year old

Congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm is very rare. We describe a giant left atrial appendage aneurysm with a pinball-like mobile thrombus in a 2-year-old child with cardioembolic stroke. Patient underwent successful surgical resection of the aneurysm.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sarin, Simarjot Singh, Bindra, Tripat, Chhabra, Gurpreet S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3487220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23129921
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.99634
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Sumario:Congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm is very rare. We describe a giant left atrial appendage aneurysm with a pinball-like mobile thrombus in a 2-year-old child with cardioembolic stroke. Patient underwent successful surgical resection of the aneurysm.

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