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Catheter Ablation in Combination With Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: February 26, 2013
Safe treatment of congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm using lateral thoracotomy on a 3-year-old patient
Fan Fan1, Song Bai1, Feng Tong1
1Pediatric Cardiac Center, Beijing Children's Hospital & Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
Abstract:
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.
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