ArticleJACC. Case reports2026
Left Atrial Appendage Aneurysm and Atrial Fibrillation: A Case Report of Surgical Resection and Ablation.
Article in JACC. Case reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Left Atrial Appendage Aneurysm: A Visible Phenotype of Atrial Disease.JACC. Case reports · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundLeft atrial appendage aneurysm is a rare clinical entity that may cause arrhythmias and thromboembolism. CASE SUMMARY: We present the case of a 36-year-old man with atrial fibrillation and left atrial appendage aneurysm the size of 60 × 40 mm, who underwent surgery with aneurysmectomy and concomitant cryoablation (Cox-Maze IV). The patient had transient episodes of atrial flutter postoperatively, but otherwise an uneventful postoperative course and made a good recovery. DISCUSSION: This case demonstrates the benefits of concomitant aneurysmectomy and surgical ablation in patients with left atrial appendage aneurysm and atrial fibrillation. It reinforces the need for individualized management and supports the use of adjunct surgical ablation in appropriately selected patients. TAKE-HOME MESSAGES: Left atrial appendage aneurysm is strongly associated with atrial arrhythmias and thromboembolism. Although surgery with resection and ablation is beneficial, long-term rhythm surveillance and research are required to better define arrhythmia mechanisms in these patients.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.