Surgical Repair of Congenital Left Atrial Aneurysm and Mitral Valve Insufficiency in a Four-Year-Old Child
WORLD JOURNAL FOR PEDIATRIC AND CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY, vol.9, no.3, pp.357-359, 2018 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 9 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2018
- Doi Number: 10.1177/2150135116678416
- Journal Name: WORLD JOURNAL FOR PEDIATRIC AND CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.357-359
- Keywords: aneurysm, cleft mitral, mitral regurgitation, congenital heart disease
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Left atrial aneurysm is an extremely rare anomaly, which can be associated with supraventricular arrhythmia, compression of coronary arteries, intracardiac thrombus, life-threatening systemic embolization, pulmonary venous obstruction, mitral valve insufficiency, and congestive heart failure. Herein, we report a four-year-old boy who had a giant aneurysm of the left atrium and severe mitral regurgitation. The aneurysm and mitral valve cleft causing severe mitral regurgitation were successfully repaired.