Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 6 , Pages 412-416 , December 2009

Congenital Left Atrial Appendage Aneurysm: A Case Report and Brief Review of Literature

  • Ujjwal K. Chowdhury, MCh, Diplomate NB

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India. Tel.: +91 11 26588700/26588500x4835; fax: +91 11 26588663/26588641.
    • ,
  • Sandeep Seth, DM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • Raghu Govindappa, MCh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • Priya Jagia, DM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Radiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • Poonam Malhotra, MD, Diplomate NB

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, AIIMS, New Delhi, India

Received 27 August 2007 ,Revised 5 May 2008 ,Accepted 3 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2008.10.015

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