An Asymptomatic Patient with an Additional Cardiac Chamber Giant Left Atrial Appendage

We present the case of an asymptomatic 54-year-old male, referred to our department for a follow-up cardiological consultation. Echocardiography assessment showed an unknown cavity adjacent to the lateral wall of the left ventricle. A large left atrial appendage was revealed in further investigation...

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Autores principales: Evangeliou, Alexandros P., Sotiroglou, Evangelia, Charitakis, Nikolaos, Loufopoulos, Georgios, Varassas, Christos, Papadopoulos, Spiridon, Tzikas, Stergios, Vassilikos, Vassilios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7029285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32089897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6519089
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Sumario:We present the case of an asymptomatic 54-year-old male, referred to our department for a follow-up cardiological consultation. Echocardiography assessment showed an unknown cavity adjacent to the lateral wall of the left ventricle. A large left atrial appendage was revealed in further investigations, and the treatment option was proved to be an impasse.

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