A Case of Atrial Septal Aneurysm Associated with Atrial Septal Defect
Korean Circulation Journal
;
: 919-924, 1991.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
The diagnosis of atrial septal defect by transthoracic echocardiography remains difficult in a small subset of patients because of either suboptimal acoustic windows or unusual anatomy, for example, fenestrated defects. wer report the case of a 52-year-old woman with a fenestratdd atrial septal aneurysm that was incompletely visualized by transthoracic echocardiography. Subsequent transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated atrial septal defect and two fenestrations within the atrial septal aneurysm with left-to-right shunting. All echocardiographic findings were confirmed at surgery. This case demonstrates the addinional diagnostic accuracy of transesophageal echocardiography for detecting disease of the atrial septum.
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Main subject:
Acoustics
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Echocardiography
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Echocardiography, Transesophageal
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Diagnosis
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Atrial Septum
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Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
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Aneurysm
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Female
/
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Circulation Journal
Year:
1991
Type:
Article
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