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Inverted left atrial appendage: an unusual complication in cardiac surgery
K Fujiwara1, Y Naito, Y Noguchi
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Wakayama Medical College, Japan. fujiwara@mail-wakayama.med.ac.jp
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|June 4, 1999
Abstract:
Two patients with an inverted left atrial appendage after cardiac surgery were presented. Magnetic resonance imaging is one of the useful methods to establish an accurate diagnosis of this complication. In 1 patient, it repaired spontaneously without surgical intervention.