Off-pump snare technique for congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm

Cardiol Young. 2014 Jun;24(3):555-8. doi: 10.1017/S1047951113000887. Epub 2013 Aug 15.

Abstract

Left atrial appendage aneurysm is an extremely rare anomaly and as such has been rarely imaged or seen intraoperatively with very little accumulated management experience. The available scant published literature stresses resection on cardiopulmonary bypass as the safest and by far the most commonly applied technique. We suggest a novel alternative imaging-guided management utilising an off-pump tourniquet snare technique under live transoesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Atrial Appendage*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Child, Preschool
  • Heart Aneurysm / congenital*
  • Heart Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male