A Misleading Left Atrial Appendage

Alexandros Kourtinos; Samy Aghezzaf; David Montaigne; Augustin Coisne

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101872

A Misleading Left Atrial Appendage

JACC Case Rep. 2023 May 6:15:101872. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101872. eCollection 2023 Jun 7.

Authors

Alexandros Kourtinos¹, Samy Aghezzaf^{1

2}, David Montaigne^{1

2}, Augustin Coisne^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Physiology and Echocardiography, France - Heart Valve Clinic, Heart and Lung Institute, CHU Lille, Lille, France.
² Université de Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1011- EGID, Lille, France.

Abstract

Left atrial appendage collapse is a relatively unusual echocardiographic finding. Although in post-cardiac surgery patients it may be an early sign of cardiac tamponade, and pericardiocentesis should be discussed, a conservative approach may be followed in cases secondary to viral infection without confusing it with a left atrial appendage thrombus. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: echocardiography; imaging; tamponade.

Publication types

Case Reports