title: Giant right atrial diverticulum with thrombus formation.
abstract: A 28-year-old man was referred to our hospital with a giant right atrial diverticulum. The mass of the right atrial diverticulum compressed the right atrium and right ventricle, and thrombus formation was suspected. The diverticulum was surgically excised and the patient remained asymptomatic a year later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan satokawa@fmu.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hirono
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Satokawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Circulatory Internal Medicine, Shirakawa Kosei General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhira
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maehara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000379:methods; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Atrial appendage; Diverticulum; Heart Aneurysm; Heart Atria; Thrombosis