Aneurysm of the Left Atrial Appendage

Abstract

A case of an aneurysm of the left atrial appendage with an intact pericardium, the 5th case reported in available literature, is described. The patient suffered from attacks of tachyarrhythmias occurring after giving birth to a child. The diagnosis was suggested at routine chest X-ray examination and later confirmed by right heart angiography. Surgical removal of the aneurysm should have cured the lesion, but was declined by the patient, who died of metastasis from a breast carcinoma. The angiographic diagnosis was confirmed at autopsy and the pericardium was intact.