Giant aneurysm of the right atrial appendage repaired by minimally invasive approach.
Arudo HiraokaHitoshi TachibanaHidenori YoshitakaTaichi SakaguchiPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2019)
A 59-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with giant right atrial appendage aneurysm (75 × 87 mm) underwent minimally invasive repair via right mini-thoracotomy. The aneurysm was completely excluded by linear method under beating heart without cardiac arrest. The postoperative recovery was uneventful and she was discharged home without symptoms 16 days after surgery.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery
- cardiac arrest
- atrial fibrillation
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- robot assisted
- left atrial
- cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- healthcare
- heart failure
- patients undergoing
- case report
- catheter ablation
- rare case
- aortic valve replacement
- coronary artery disease
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic stenosis
- thoracic surgery