A novel technique of repair of congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm using bovine pericardial patch: A video presentation
| Main Authors: | Ujjwal K. Chowdhury, Niwin George, Lakshmi Kumari Sankhyan, Sukhjeet Singh, Abhinavsingh Chauhan, Priyanka Chowdhury |
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| Format: | Article eJournal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2019
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/3592783 |
Daftar Isi:
- Because of its rarity and association with life threatening complications like supraventricular arrhythmias, systemic embolization, congestive cardiac failure, prompt recognition of congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm is important in patients with an enlarged cardiac silhouette and a prominent convex bulge of the left upper cardiac border without carinal widening. We report here-in a new technique of resection of the congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm and anatomical reconstruction using a bovine pericardial patch under cardiopulmonary bypass, permitting us to avoid undersizing and deformation of the left atrium. A 22-year-old woman with intermittent episodes of chronic atrial fibrillation, and transient ischemic attacks diagnosed to be suffering from congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm undergoing resection of the left atrial appendage aneurysm and anatomical reconstruction using an onlay bovine pericardial patch, thereby avoiding undersizing and deformation of the left atrium. The postoperative recovery was uneventful.