An Asymptomatic Patient with an Additional Cardiac Chamber Giant Left Atrial Appendage
We present the case of an asymptomatic 54-year-old male, referred to our department for a follow-up cardiological consultation. Echocardiography assessment showed an unknown cavity adjacent to the lateral wall of the left ventricle. A large left atrial appendage was revealed in further investigation...
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| author | Alexandros P. Evangeliou Evangelia Sotiroglou Nikolaos Charitakis Georgios Loufopoulos Christos Varassas Spiridon Papadopoulos Stergios Tzikas Vassilios Vassilikos |
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| description | We present the case of an asymptomatic 54-year-old male, referred to our department for a follow-up cardiological consultation. Echocardiography assessment showed an unknown cavity adjacent to the lateral wall of the left ventricle. A large left atrial appendage was revealed in further investigations, and the treatment option was proved to be an impasse. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-12a8aff16adf4ebf9e72d6c9979124982025-02-03T01:05:09ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122020-01-01202010.1155/2020/65190896519089An Asymptomatic Patient with an Additional Cardiac Chamber Giant Left Atrial AppendageAlexandros P. Evangeliou0Evangelia Sotiroglou1Nikolaos Charitakis2Georgios Loufopoulos3Christos Varassas4Spiridon Papadopoulos5Stergios Tzikas6Vassilios Vassilikos73rd Department of Cardiology, Ippokratio Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece3rd Department of Cardiology, Ippokratio Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece3rd Department of Cardiology, Ippokratio Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece3rd Department of Cardiology, Ippokratio Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece3rd Department of Cardiology, Ippokratio Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Radiology, Ippokratio Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece3rd Department of Cardiology, Ippokratio Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece3rd Department of Cardiology, Ippokratio Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GreeceWe present the case of an asymptomatic 54-year-old male, referred to our department for a follow-up cardiological consultation. Echocardiography assessment showed an unknown cavity adjacent to the lateral wall of the left ventricle. A large left atrial appendage was revealed in further investigations, and the treatment option was proved to be an impasse.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6519089 |
| spellingShingle | Alexandros P. Evangeliou Evangelia Sotiroglou Nikolaos Charitakis Georgios Loufopoulos Christos Varassas Spiridon Papadopoulos Stergios Tzikas Vassilios Vassilikos An Asymptomatic Patient with an Additional Cardiac Chamber Giant Left Atrial Appendage Case Reports in Cardiology |
| title | An Asymptomatic Patient with an Additional Cardiac Chamber Giant Left Atrial Appendage |
| title_full | An Asymptomatic Patient with an Additional Cardiac Chamber Giant Left Atrial Appendage |
| title_fullStr | An Asymptomatic Patient with an Additional Cardiac Chamber Giant Left Atrial Appendage |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Asymptomatic Patient with an Additional Cardiac Chamber Giant Left Atrial Appendage |
| title_short | An Asymptomatic Patient with an Additional Cardiac Chamber Giant Left Atrial Appendage |
| title_sort | asymptomatic patient with an additional cardiac chamber giant left atrial appendage |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6519089 |
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