A Case of Atrial Septal Aneurysm Associated with Atrial Septal Defect.
10.4070/kcj.1991.21.5.919
- Author:
Jin Kook CHOI
;
Dong Chan LEE
;
Heung Sun KANG
;
Kwon Sam KIM
;
Myung Shick KIM
;
Jung Sang SONG
;
Jong Hoa BAE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Acoustics;
Aneurysm*;
Atrial Septum;
Diagnosis;
Echocardiography;
Echocardiography, Transesophageal;
Female;
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial*;
Humans;
Middle Aged
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
1991;21(5):919-924
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The diagnosis of atrial septal defect by transthoracic echocardiography remains difficult in a small subset of patients because of either suboptimal acoustic windows or unusual anatomy, for example, fenestrated defects. wer report the case of a 52-year-old woman with a fenestratdd atrial septal aneurysm that was incompletely visualized by transthoracic echocardiography. Subsequent transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated atrial septal defect and two fenestrations within the atrial septal aneurysm with left-to-right shunting. All echocardiographic findings were confirmed at surgery. This case demonstrates the addinional diagnostic accuracy of transesophageal echocardiography for detecting disease of the atrial septum.
