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
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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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author Evangeliou, Alexandros P.
Sotiroglou, Evangelia
Charitakis, Nikolaos
Loufopoulos, Georgios
Varassas, Christos
Papadopoulos, Spiridon
Tzikas, Stergios
Vassilikos, Vassilios
author_facet Evangeliou, Alexandros P.
Sotiroglou, Evangelia
Charitakis, Nikolaos
Loufopoulos, Georgios
Varassas, Christos
Papadopoulos, Spiridon
Tzikas, Stergios
Vassilikos, Vassilios
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description 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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spelling pubmed-70292852020-02-21 An Asymptomatic Patient with an Additional Cardiac Chamber Giant Left Atrial Appendage Evangeliou, Alexandros P. Sotiroglou, Evangelia Charitakis, Nikolaos Loufopoulos, Georgios Varassas, Christos Papadopoulos, Spiridon Tzikas, Stergios Vassilikos, Vassilios Case Rep Cardiol Case Report 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. Hindawi 2020-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7029285/ /pubmed/32089897 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6519089 Text en Copyright © 2020 Alexandros P. Evangeliou et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Evangeliou, Alexandros P.
Sotiroglou, Evangelia
Charitakis, Nikolaos
Loufopoulos, Georgios
Varassas, Christos
Papadopoulos, Spiridon
Tzikas, Stergios
Vassilikos, Vassilios
An Asymptomatic Patient with an Additional Cardiac Chamber Giant Left Atrial Appendage
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title_full An Asymptomatic Patient with an Additional Cardiac Chamber Giant Left Atrial Appendage
title_fullStr An Asymptomatic Patient with an Additional Cardiac Chamber Giant Left Atrial Appendage
title_full_unstemmed An Asymptomatic Patient with an Additional Cardiac Chamber Giant Left Atrial Appendage
title_short An Asymptomatic Patient with an Additional Cardiac Chamber Giant Left Atrial Appendage
title_sort asymptomatic patient with an additional cardiac chamber giant left atrial appendage
topic Case Report
url 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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