Journal article
An idiopathic giant right atrium aneurysm in old asymptomatic patient
International journal of the cardiovascular academy, Vol.6(1), pp.29-31
01/01/2020
DOI: 10.4103/IJCA.IJCA_24_19
Abstract
Giant right atrial aneurysm is an extremely rare cardiac anomaly that can be seen anytime in human life from childhood to elderly. Many cases have no symptoms, others may develop arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation (AF), and sometimes, thrombi may develop inside the right atrium with risk of pulmonary embolism as well as paradoxical embolism through a patent foramen ovale. This condition can be caused due to cor pulmonale, right ventricular disease, and tricuspid valve diseases, and in extremely rare cases, if all these causes are excluded, it is considered idiopathic. We report a very rare case of an asymptomatic 62-year-old male with a previous history of chronic AF who was incidentally diagnosed with a giant right atrial aneurysm in a preoperative transthoracic echocardiography. He was asymptomatic and he was managed conservatively based on his request.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- An idiopathic giant right atrium aneurysm in old asymptomatic patient
- Creators
- Abdallah Almaghraby - Alexandria UniversityMahmoud Abdelnabi - Alexandria UniversityYehia Saleh - Michigan State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International journal of the cardiovascular academy, Vol.6(1), pp.29-31
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd
- DOI
- 10.4103/IJCA.IJCA_24_19
- ISSN
- 2405-8181
- eISSN
- 2405-819X
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984756257802771
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