title: Surgical repair of giant right atrial aneurysm in a neonate.
abstract: Right atrial aneurysm is an extremity rare congenital heart defect. We report a case which was diagnosed during the early fetal stage and operated on in a 2 week old neonate. Following median sternotomy, aneurysmectomy was performed under a cardiopulmonary bypass. Histopathological examination of the resected atiral tissue showed a lipotomatous degeneration and reduction of the muscular elements. There were no postoperative complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyungpook National University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Youngok
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Joonyong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Gunjik
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sangbum
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Myungchul
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hyun
authors.forename: Yeohyang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim