Bilateral atrial appendage aneurysms associated with atrial fibrillation

Takahiro Nakahara, Kenji Minakata, Kazuhiro Yamazaki, Masaki Funamoto, Ryuzo Sakata

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Abstract

Aneurysm of the left atrial appendage is an extremely rare anomaly. We describe the case of a 68-year-old man who presented with palpitation and was found to have a very large aneurysm located near the left atrial appendage on routine echocardiography. During surgery, an additional small aneurysm of the right atrial appendage was found. Both atrial aneurysms were resected in addition to mitral annuloplasty and a maze procedure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)347-349
Number of pages3
JournalAsian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals
Volume22
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2014

Keywords

  • Arrhythmias
  • Heart aneurysm
  • Heart atria
  • Mitral valve annuloplasty
  • Mitral valve insufficiency
  • cardiac

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