https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/3635 2026-07-17T17:14:48Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/4216 Title: The chest x-ray in congenital heart disease 2 Authors: Somerville, Jane; Grech, Victor E. Abstract: This paper is the second of our series focusing on the chest x-ray (CXR) as a useful investigation in congenital heart disease. The readers are reminded that the CXR is a simple, quick and cheap test that yields useful diagnostic information, heart size, lung pathology as well as providing a readily available documentation of these facts for serial comparison. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/4213 Title: Symptomatic giant left atrial aneurysm in a child : a rare entity Authors: Awasthy, Neeraj; Tomar, Munesh; Radhakrishnan, Sitaraman; Shrivastava, Sameer; Iyer, Killugudi S. Abstract: Isolated left atrial aneurysms are rare entities in clinical practice. Usually the condition is diagnosed in the second to fourth decades of life. The presence of such lesions in the pediatric age group is scantily described. We present a 2 year boy who presented with complaints of excessive irritability, respiratory distress and swelling of the feet. On examination, child was tachypnoeic with irregularly irregular rhythm. Echo showed a huge aneurysmal LA appendage with severe left ventricle dysfunction. The child underwent surgical resection for same. Findings were confirmed intraoperatively but he continued to have low cardiac output state after the surgery, with frequent arrhythmias and expired on day 7 of surgery. The case is reviewed and compared with the available English literature. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z