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Right atrial aneurysm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Yong jin Kim ,
Hyunjo Kim  and
Jung Yun Choi
Yong jin Kim*
Affiliation:
From the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgerySeoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul
Hyunjo Kim
Affiliation:
From the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgerySeoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul
Jung Yun Choi
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children‘s Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul
*
Dr. Yong Jin Kim, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, 28 Yongon-Dong, Chongno-Gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea. Tel. 2-760-3638; Fax. 2-764-3664.
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Summary

Aneurysmal dilation of the right atrium is described in a four-year-old boy who presented with cardiomegaly and symptoms of congestive heart failure. Echocardiography revealed the aneurysmal dilation of the right atrium, but a definite diagnosis was obtained only after surgical exploration. This had caused compression of the other cardiac chambers resulting in congestive heart failure. Surgical resection was successful and the patient was discharged on the eleventh postoperative day with good results.

Keywords

Right atrial aneurysm
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , October 1995 , pp. 354 - 356
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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