• J Card Surg · Jul 2012

    Case Reports

    Syncope as an initial manifestation of atypical lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum.

    • Mujeeb Sheikh, Syed Hasan, Yousuf Kanjwal, Thomas Schwann, and Blair P Grubb.
    • Cardiovascular Division, University of Toledo Medical Center at Toledo, Ohio, USA.
    • J Card Surg. 2012 Jul 1; 27 (4): 454-7.

    AbstractLipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum (LHIS) is an incidental echocardiographic abnormality characterized by dumb-bell configuration of the interatrial septum from excess fat deposition. We report a case of syncope in a patient with LHIS obstructing the superior vena cava at the right atrial junction.© 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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