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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr-Jun;66(2):108-109.
doi: 10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_671_19.

Congenital absence of the left atrial appendage

P Vaideeswar  1 , S Karande  2
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Case Reports

Congenital absence of the left atrial appendage

P Vaideeswar et al. J Postgrad Med. 2020 Apr-Jun.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Heart and lung block in the fresh state, shows moderate cardiomegaly with side-by-side relationship of the great arteries. Note presence of single ventricular chamber (absence of clear-cut delineation of the interventricular septum by left anterior descending artery) and absence of left atrial appendage (LAA)*. [AA, ascending aorta; DTA, descending thoracic aorta; LCCA, left common carotid artery; LSA, left subclavian artery; PT, pulmonary trunk; RAA, right atrial appendage; RBCA, right brachiocephalic artery]
Figure 2
Figure 2
Single ventricle of right ventricular (RV) morphology with double-outlet (a) The right-sided outflow leading to the ascending aorta (AA); and (b)The left-sided outflow leading to the pulmonary trunk (PT) [AV, aortic valve; PV, pulmonary valve; TV tricuspid valve]
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