ectasia of the left appendage
MONDO:0020433Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names ectasia of the left appendage yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Ectasia of the left atrial appendage is a rare cardiac malformation characterized by the enlargement of the left auricle without any other associated cardiac lesions. It can be asymptomatic (discovered fortuitously during routine chest imaging as an unusual cardiac shadow) or present clinically with supraventricular tachyarrhythmia, paroxysmal tachycardia, embolic events, respiratory distress, chest pain, angina pectoris or heart failure.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0020433), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: ectasia of the left appendage
- Also called
- dilatation of the left appendagedilatation of the left atrial appendagedilatation of the left auricleectasia of the left auricle