title: Unusual effect of an atrial septal aneurysm on venous drainage during cardiopulmonary bypass.
abstract: Atrial septal aneurysm is an uncommon cardiac anomaly that is usually asymptomatic or occasionally associated with cardioembolic events. We present the unusual impeding effect of an atrial septal aneurysm on venous drainage during cardiopulmonary bypass in a 70-year-old man who underwent aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California 95817, USA. sankar.kumar@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: S Prathap
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: J Nilas
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male