title: Giant Right Atrial Aneurysm: Antenatal Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment.
abstract: Giant congenital right atrial aneurysms are rare, with their natural history complicated by death, heart failure, arrhythmias, and thrombosis. Prenatal diagnosis of the defect is feasible and allows an early preparation of a plan for management. We present details of a patient diagnosed prenatally with a giant right atrial aneurysm, which was successfully treated surgically as soon as the patient became symptomatic.
authors.affiliation: 1 East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Laurynas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bezuska
authors.affiliation: 1 East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Frances A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Bu'Lock
authors.affiliation: 2 Institute of Genetic Medicine, International Centre for Life, Newcastle University, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: 1 East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Speggiorin
authors.affiliation: 1 East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Antonio F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Corno
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal
keywords: antenatal echocardiography; atrial dilation; congenital heart surgery