Congenital aneurysm of the left atrial wall.

J Card Surg

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

Published: December 2016

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.

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