Open AccessIdiopathic giant right atrial aneurysm
Author(s) -
Santosh C. Uppu,
Ritu Sachdeva,
Michiaki Imamura
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.107238
Subject(s) - medicine , patent foramen ovale , pathological , right atrium , aneurysm , cardiology , atrium (architecture) , radiology , fibrosis , thickening , surgery , atrial fibrillation , migraine , polymer science , chemistry
A 2-year-old boy with an incidental finding of massive cardiomegaly on a chest X-ray was diagnosed with a giant right atrial aneurysm upon further investigation with echocardiography. The patient underwent successful surgical reduction of the right atrium and closure of the patent foramen ovale to prevent thromboembolic complications and to lower the risk of atrial arrhythmias. The resected atrium had paper-thin walls and pathological features of interstitial fibrosis with endocardial thickening.