{"database":"biostudies-other","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["42(2)"],"submitter":["Saad M"],"journal":["Texas Heart Institute Journal"],"pagination":["178-80"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4382891"],"abstract":["Left atrial wall dissection is a rare condition; most cases are iatrogenic after mitral valve surgery. A few have been reported as sequelae of blunt chest trauma, acute myocardial infarction, and invasive cardiac procedures. On occasion, infective endocarditis causes left atrial wall dissection. We report a highly unusual case in which a 41-year-old man presented with native mitral valve infective endocarditis that had caused left atrial free-wall dissection. Although our patient died within an hour of presentation, we obtained what we consider to be a definitive diagnosis of a rare sequela, documented by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography."],"repository":["biostudies-other"],"pmcid":["PMC4382891"],"data_source":["Europe PMC"],"pubmed_authors":["Shamoon F","Saad M","Isbitan A","Roushdy A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Left atrial wall dissection: a rare sequela of native-valve endocarditis.","description":"Left atrial wall dissection is a rare condition; most cases are iatrogenic after mitral valve surgery. A few have been reported as sequelae of blunt chest trauma, acute myocardial infarction, and invasive cardiac procedures. On occasion, infective endocarditis causes left atrial wall dissection. We report a highly unusual case in which a 41-year-old man presented with native mitral valve infective endocarditis that had caused left atrial free-wall dissection. Although our patient died within an hour of presentation, we obtained what we consider to be a definitive diagnosis of a rare sequela, documented by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography.","dates":{"release":"2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2015 Apr","modification":"2019-03-27T01:49:15Z","creation":"2019-03-27T01:49:15Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4382891","cross_references":{"pubmed":["25873836"],"doi":["10.14503/THIJ-13-3989 "]}}