Inverted Left Atrial Appendage Masquerading as a Left Atrial Mass

An inverted left atrial appendage after cardiac surgery is a rare finding and can be misinterpreted as a thrombus, mass, or vegetation. We report a case where intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography assisted in making an accurate diagnosis.

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Autores principales: Kumaran, Suresh, George, Gladdy, Varsha, AV, Sahajanandan, Raj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5408535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28393790
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aca.ACA_192_16
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spelling pubmed-54085352017-05-08 Inverted Left Atrial Appendage Masquerading as a Left Atrial Mass Kumaran, Suresh George, Gladdy Varsha, AV Sahajanandan, Raj Ann Card Anaesth Interesting Images An inverted left atrial appendage after cardiac surgery is a rare finding and can be misinterpreted as a thrombus, mass, or vegetation. We report a case where intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography assisted in making an accurate diagnosis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5408535/ /pubmed/28393790 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aca.ACA_192_16 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Inverted Left Atrial Appendage Masquerading as a Left Atrial Mass
title_sort inverted left atrial appendage masquerading as a left atrial mass
topic Interesting Images
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5408535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28393790
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aca.ACA_192_16
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