Cai Yuyan, Wei Xin, Tang Hong, Dian Ke
Department of Cardiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
J Card Surg. 2016 Dec;31(12):730-734. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12866. Epub 2016 Nov 1.
A congenital aneurysm of the left atrial wall (ALAW) is a rare defect resulting from dysplasia and degeneration of myocardial cells in embryogenesis. We report a case of a 50-year-old female with ALAW, and review 16 previously reported cases and summarize the clinical features, imaging data, and the operations used to treat this rare disease.
左心房壁先天性动脉瘤(ALAW)是一种罕见的缺陷,由胚胎发育过程中心肌细胞发育异常和变性引起。我们报告一例50岁女性患有ALAW的病例,并回顾16例先前报道的病例,总结该罕见疾病的临床特征、影像学资料及治疗手术方式。