[Isolated aneurysm of the interatrial septum. Description of a clinical case and review of the literature]

Abstract

The aneurysm of the interatrial septum (ASA) is a rare congenital heart disease, easily recognizable by real time cross sectional two dimensional echocardiography. The ASA occurs as an isolated entity or may be associated with congenital heart disease. Usually ASA may cause serious complications such as embolic phenomena, atrial or ventricular tachyarrhythmia and eventually following a rupture or atrial shunt. The Authors a case of 44-year-old woman referred to hospital for a paroxysmal supraventricular tachyarrhythmia and found to have an ASA as isolated anomaly.