A giant atrial septal aneurysm causing tricuspid valvular obstruction.
Shan LinYuman LiLingling XuLing LinYali YangMing-Xing XiePublished in: Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU (2020)
Atrial septal aneurysm (ASA) is a rare congenital malformation consisting of redundant atrial septal tissue that bulges into either the right or the left atrium. Here, we report the case of a 45-year-old man with a giant ASA prolapsing into the tricuspid orifice and leading to tricuspid valvular obstruction. He was treated successfully by resection of the ASA and repair of the resulting atrial septal defect. Our case indicates the utility of transthoracic, contrast, and transesophageal echocardiography to characterize a huge ASA causing tricuspid valvular obstruction.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- aortic valve
- mitral valve
- left atrial appendage
- left atrial
- catheter ablation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- left ventricular
- oral anticoagulants
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- coronary artery
- heart failure
- magnetic resonance
- pulmonary artery
- ejection fraction
- pulmonary hypertension
- magnetic resonance imaging
- rare case
- inferior vena cava
- contrast enhanced