Giant congenital aneurysm of the right atrium: echocardiographic diagnosis and surgical management.
A rare case of giant congenital aneurysm of the right atrium in a 30-year-old woman is described. The patient had no history of cardiac diseases or trauma. Transthoracic 2-dimensional echocardiography with injection of isotonic saline enabled complete definition of the abnormal anatomy and allowed subsequent successful surgical correction.
Congenital Heart Disease Department, Institute of Cardiology, Alpejska 42, 04-628 Warsaw, Poland. aklisiew@wp.pl
Anna
A
Klisiewicz
Piotr
P
Szymański
Jacek
J
Rózański
Piotr
P
Hoffman
D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans