title: Congenital right atrial diverticulum, atrial septal defect within the oval fossa, and complex pulmonary valvar obstruction in an infant with chromosome 8(p23.1) deletion.
abstract: We describe an unusual right atrial aneurysm, occurring with progressive obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract and increasing cyanosis, in a nine-month-old boy with chromosome 8(p23.1) deletion. Surgical resection of the diverticulum, and relief of the right ventricular obstruction, was successful, although impairment of right ventricular compliance persists after 19 months follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Aungkana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gengsakul
authors.forename: Suvro S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Sett
authors.forename: Martin C K
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hosking
mesh_terms: D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8 / Q000235:genetics*; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000151:congenital; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000209:etiology; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000151:congenital