Safe treatment of congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm using lateral thoracotomy on a 3-year-old patient.
Fan FanSong BaiFeng TongJia ZhengQilin LiZhangke GuoXiaofeng LiPublished in: Cardiology in the young (2020)
Limited literatures report the management of congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm (LAAA) which is extremely rare. Chest X-ray firstly showed an enlarged left cardiac silhouette for a 3-year-old patient with pneumonia. Echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging confirmed a large cyst attached to the left atrium. Aneurysmectomy was performed through lateral thoracotomy using step-by-step method and under the guidance of transoesophageal echocardiography. We aim to show the safety and efficacy of this approach applied to children associated with congenital LAAA.
Keyphrases
- left atrial appendage
- atrial fibrillation
- left ventricular
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- coronary artery
- case report
- catheter ablation
- pulmonary hypertension
- minimally invasive
- high resolution
- pulmonary artery
- contrast enhanced
- vena cava
- thoracic surgery
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- ejection fraction
- aortic valve
- replacement therapy
- mechanical ventilation