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Case Reports
. 2022 Jun 22;15(6):e250348.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-250348.

Congenitally absent left atrial appendage: cardiac CTA and TEE correlation

William Meeks  1 , Ryan Wilson  2 , David Isbell  2
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Case Reports

Congenitally absent left atrial appendage: cardiac CTA and TEE correlation

William Meeks et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiovascular medicine; Clinical diagnostic tests; Radiology (diagnostics); Ultrasonography.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Upper left: 3D reconstruction of left atrium with visualisation of five pulmonary veins and absent appendage in the expected location. Upper right: 3D reconstruction of heart again demonstrating no evidence of atrial appendage. Lower left: representative transesophageal echocardiography image demonstrating fat in the transverse sinus (TVS) adjacent to the left superior pulmonary vein (LSPV). Lower right: representative CT image demonstrating absence of the left atrial appendage in the expected location.
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