Interatrial septal aneurysm and patent foramen ovale: diagnosis and dynamic evaluation with electrocardiogram-gated multidetector-row computed tomography imaging

J Thorac Imaging. 2011 Nov;26(4):W143-5. doi: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181fabc12.

Abstract

We describe an elderly woman with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation who was evaluated by electrocardiogram-gated multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) prior to left atrial radiofrequency ablation therapy to rule out coronary artery disease and to obtain a 3-dimensional anatomical map of the left atrium and pulmonary veins. MDCT documented the dynamic bidirectional motion of an interatrial septal aneurysm associated with a patent foramen ovale. MDCT findings correlated well with transesophageal and intracardiac echocardiograms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnosis*
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis*
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septum / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Septum / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Multidetector Computed Tomography*