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Left atrial appendage aneurysm presenting with recurrent embolic strokes

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A case of left atrial appendage aneurysm is described in a 40-year-old man, who presented with recurrent embolic strokes and was asymptomatic until the last 6 months. Chest X-ray revealed a slightly prominent upper left heart border. The diagnosis was made by transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography and confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging and also by surgery.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey

    Esmeray Acartürk, Mehmet Kanadaşi & Onur Akpinar

  2. Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey

    Vahide Deniz Yerdelen & Ali Özeren

  3. Department of Radiodiagnostics, School of Medicine, Başkent University, Adana, Turkey

    Özlem Barutçu Saygili

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Acartürk, E., Kanadaşi, M., Yerdelen, V.D. et al. Left atrial appendage aneurysm presenting with recurrent embolic strokes. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 19, 495–497 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:CAIM.0000004177.41168.b1

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