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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:1981-1983
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Aneurysm of the left atrial appendage

Pablo Maria Alberto Pomerantzeff, MD, PhDa*, Herbert Martin Freyre, MDa, Carlos Manuel de Almeida Brandão, MDa, Antonio Carlos Pereira Barreto, MD, PhDa, Sérgio Almeida de Oliveira, MD, PhDa

a Division of Surgery, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Accepted for publication December 5, 2001.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Pomerantzeff, Division of Surgery, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, av Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44, Cerqueira César, CEP: 05403-000, São Paulo, Brazil
e-mail: dclpablo{at}incor.usp.br

We present the case of a 33-year-old woman with atrial tachyarrhythmias and chest pain. The transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated an intrapericardial liquid mass confirmed as an aneurysm of the left atrial appendage by a nuclear magnetic imaging study. Aneurysmectomy was performed with the assistance of cardiopulmonary bypass with a bilateral submammary skin incision and subsequent median sternotomy. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course. We suggest aneurysmectomy aided by cardiopulmonary bypass as a safer method of treatment for this rare cardiac anomaly.




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