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A Cadaveric Case Report of a Rare Atrial Septal Lipoma.
Cureus
October 2024
Department of Anatomical Sciences, William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Hattiesburg, USA.
Article Synopsis
- Primary cardiac tumors (PCTs) like myxomas and lipomas are rare, with lipomas being soft fat masses that can lead to diagnostic challenges.
- Lipomatous hypertrophy of the atrial septum (LHAS) is a benign condition linked to aging and obesity, distinct from true cardiac lipomas.
- A case of a true atrial septal lipoma discovered during heart dissection is detailed, highlighting its potential effects on heart function and contributing to the scarce literature on benign primary cardiac tumors.
Standardized 3D Transoesophageal Echocardiography Manoeuvre for Enhanced Tenting Height Evaluation During Transcatheter Mitral Valve Edge-to-Edge Repair.
J Clin Med
October 2024
Fondazione Toscana G. Monasterio, Ospedale del Cuore G. Pasquinucci, 54100 Massa, Italy.
Transcatheter treatments for structural heart disease, including edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (mTEER), heavily rely on transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) for pre-procedural assessment and guidance. Trans-septal puncture (TSP) is one of the first key steps of such procedures, with two-dimensional (2D) TOE often providing suboptimal imaging. Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography could overcome the limitations of 2D TOE and improve the assessment of tenting height.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComputed Tomography Confirms Increased Left Atrial Volume in Patients with Bayés Syndrome Referred for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation.
Diagnostics (Basel)
October 2024
Fifth Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology Rehabilitation, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Bayés syndrome is a recently identified condition that is defined by the presence of an interatrial block on a surface electrocardiogram, in addition to atrial arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation, tachycardia, or left atrial flutter. This syndrome is linked to an increased risk of stroke, morbidity, and mortality. An interatrial block is a conduction delay between the right atrium and left atrium and can be recognized by a P wave duration >120 ms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe incremental value of interatrial septum motion in predicting thrombus or spontaneous echo contrast in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: an observational study on transesophageal echocardiography.
Front Cardiovasc Med
October 2024
Department of Ultrasonic Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Background: The thickness and motion of the Interatrial Septum (IAS) possibly serves as indicators of both structural and functional remodeling of left atrium. This study aims to use transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) to assess IAS motion in non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) and investigate its correlation with the risk of spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) and thrombus (TH).
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study on 318 patients with NVAF who underwent transthoracic echocardiography and TEE.
Formation of the interatrial septum: Insights obtained from cardiac computed tomographic angiography.
Clin Anat
October 2024
Cardiology Division, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigated the left atrial septal pouch (LASP), a variant found in about one-third of hearts due to incomplete fusion of two septal structures, the septum primum (SP) and septum secundum (SS).
- Out of 864 heart scans analyzed, 242 patients (31.4%) were found to have LASP, while 181 (23.5%) had a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and 339 (44.0%) had a completely fused septum (CFS).
- Significant differences were noted in the lengths of the SS and overlapping SP among different groups, with LASP hearts showing longer measurements, but similar atr
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