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Estimating Bilateral Atrial Function by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Feature Tracking in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: July 20, 2022
68-year-old woman with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Eftihia Sbarouni1, Nektarios Kogerakis2, George Stavridis2
1Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
Abstract:
We present the case of a 68-year-old woman, currently asymptomatic but with a history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and tachycardia-bradycardia syndrome, for which she underwent a DDD pacemaker implantation and was started on oral anticoagulants. A recent chest X-ray (figure 1), for respiratory infection, was performed and the patient was referred to our institution for evaluation. Following diagnostic procedures, the patient was successfully operated on. heartjnl;105/8/656/F1F1F1Figure 1Preoperative chest X-ray (A) and chest CT with contrast (B). QUESTION: What is the most likely diagnosis?Mitral stenosis.Pericardial cyst.Left atrial appendage aneurysm.Left atrial myxoma.Atrial septal defect.
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