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Combination of congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm in an infant with transposition of the great arteries: a previously unreported association

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2015

Murat Saygi ,
Yakup Ergul  and
Alper Guzeltas
Murat Saygi*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Cardiovascular Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Yakup Ergul
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Cardiovascular Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Alper Guzeltas
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Cardiovascular Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
*
Correspondence to: M. Saygi, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Research and Training Hospital, Turgut Özal Boulevard, Halkali, 34303 Istanbul, Turkey. Tel: +90 212 692 20 00; Fax: +90 212 471 94 94; E-mail: saygimrt@gmail.com
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Abstract

A 35-day-old boy weighing 4.5 kg was referred to our department from a general paediatric hospital due to low oxygen saturation. His transcutaneous oxygen saturation was 75%. Transthoracic echocardiography showed discordant ventriculo-arterial connections, a non-restrictive atrial septal defect, and patent ductus arteriosus, in addition to a 23 mm×10-mm left atrial appendage aneurysm. As far as we know, this association has not been reported previously in the literature.

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Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 7 , October 2015 , pp. 1377 - 1378
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© Cambridge University Press 2015 

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