A Rare Case of Left Subacute Atrial Dissection: Multimodality Imaging Approach

Today, left atrial dissection is described as a rare complication of cardiac surgery, particularly after a mitral valve replacement. We report a rare case of left subacute atrial dissection occurred as a result of a domestic accidental fall. Transesophageal echocardiogram, angio-computed tomography,...

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Autores principales: Lavorgna, Alberto, Villani, Carmine, Fabiani, Donatello, Napoletano, Cosimo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6450235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31008036
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_52_18
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author Lavorgna, Alberto
Villani, Carmine
Fabiani, Donatello
Napoletano, Cosimo
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Villani, Carmine
Fabiani, Donatello
Napoletano, Cosimo
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description Today, left atrial dissection is described as a rare complication of cardiac surgery, particularly after a mitral valve replacement. We report a rare case of left subacute atrial dissection occurred as a result of a domestic accidental fall. Transesophageal echocardiogram, angio-computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging showed an intramural formation with clear margins and a seamless cleavage with the posterolateral wall of the left atrium, which determined an obstacle to the ventricular filling. The patient was then operated in order to empty the hematoma and reattach the atrial wall.
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spelling pubmed-64502352019-04-19 A Rare Case of Left Subacute Atrial Dissection: Multimodality Imaging Approach Lavorgna, Alberto Villani, Carmine Fabiani, Donatello Napoletano, Cosimo J Cardiovasc Echogr Case Report Today, left atrial dissection is described as a rare complication of cardiac surgery, particularly after a mitral valve replacement. We report a rare case of left subacute atrial dissection occurred as a result of a domestic accidental fall. Transesophageal echocardiogram, angio-computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging showed an intramural formation with clear margins and a seamless cleavage with the posterolateral wall of the left atrium, which determined an obstacle to the ventricular filling. The patient was then operated in order to empty the hematoma and reattach the atrial wall. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6450235/ /pubmed/31008036 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_52_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Cardiovascular Echography http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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