Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum: a possibly neglected cause of sudden cardiac death
✍ Scribed by Hejna, Petr; Janík, Martin
- Book ID
- 121565197
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 370 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1547-769X
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
A 71-year-old woman underwent echocardiography for the evaluation of hypertensive heart disease. A 2-dimensional echocardiogram revealed an abnormal mass that protruded into the left atrium from the atrial septal side of the left atrial wall. Microscopic examination of the surgical specimen disclose
## Abstract Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum (LHIS) is a rare benign entity characterized by the excessive fat deposition in the interatrial septum with typical sparing of the fossa ovalis. We report a case of a 61‐year‐old woman with an incidentally found LHIS associated with fatty