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21179981

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-12-23
pubmed:abstractText
With the recent technical improvement in echocardiography imaging (second harmonics) the number of interatrial septum aneurysms (ASA) increased and are easily recognized. We assist to an overdiagnosing number of cases and diagnostic criteria emerged to face this problem. In the great majority of the cases ASA are small and inoffensive, but as ASA is considered a risk factor for cardioembolism when associated with persistence of foramen oval (PFO), an examination by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for exclusion of PFO makes the sense and is a common testing in patients with cryptogenic stroke. Besides these frequent ASA, other forms exist; the authors describe two cases of uncommon and huge ASA, one mimicking a right atrial tumor and the other a quistic, hipoechoic mass. The first case was associated with mitral stenosis and was submitted to surgery and the second was closed with an Amplatzer occluder device usually used in atrial septal defect (ASD).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0870-2551
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1429-32
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Giant interatrial septal aneurysms mimicking quistic masses. Two cases with different therapeutic options.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiology, Hospital Santa Marta, Lisboa, Portugal. anagalrinho@spc.pt
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports