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Successful surgical management of a congenital giant right atrial appendage aneurysm: a case report on a rare cardiac anomaly.

Channabasavaraj Shivalingaiah HiremathSiddharth AmboliUtkarsh SanghaviAditya Narsipur DoddamaneAnuradha KamathShekhar Rao
Published in: Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2019)
Aneurysms of the right atrial appendage are usually congenital in origin, with rare citations. We report a case of a large atrial aneurysm in an adult male presenting with atrial flutter and right ventricular dysfunction, who underwent a successful aneurysmectomy, repaired with a novel technique with uneventful recovery.
Keyphrases
  • atrial fibrillation
  • catheter ablation
  • left atrial
  • coronary artery
  • left ventricular
  • heart failure
  • oxidative stress
  • mitral valve