From the heart: interatrial septal aneurysm identified on bedside ultrasound

West J Emerg Med. 2014 Sep;15(6):719-20. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2014.7.22972.

Abstract

A 61 year-old man presented to the Emergency Department for one day of nonspecific chest pain. Bedside echocardiogram performed by the emergency physician revealed normal systolic cardiac function but also showed a large ( > 10mm) bicornuate interatrial septal aneurysm (IASA) projecting into the right atrium (Figure 1, Video 1). There was no evidence of intraatrial thrombus. A formal echocardiogram performed later that day confirmed the diagnosis and also detected a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with a left-to-right shunt that reversed with Valsalva maneuver.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Atrial Septum / diagnostic imaging*
  • Echocardiography
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Point-of-Care Systems