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- Title
Giant right atrium, what does it hide? Case presentation.
- Authors
Martín Talavera, María; Valverde Pérez, Israel; Manso García, Begoña
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Malformation of the right atrium is a rare cardiac abnormality and is usually reported as isolated malformation in the literature.<bold>Case Presentation: </bold>Prenatal giant atrial dilatation in an asymptomatic infant was treated surgically at 18 months of age, due to potential risk of thrombosis and arrhythmias. Post-surgical echocardiographic images illustrate residual atrial elevated pressure.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Sometimes, as seems in our case, right atrial dilatation hides an associated restrictive right ventricle.
- Subjects
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INFANTS; ATRIAL arrhythmias; THROMBOSIS; HUMAN abnormalities; ARRHYTHMIA; ANEURYSM surgery; BLOOD pressure; ANEURYSMS; CARDIOVASCULAR system physiology; CARDIAC hypertrophy; RIGHT heart ventricle; CONGENITAL heart disease; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; TREATMENT effectiveness; HEART atrium; HEART physiology; FETAL ultrasonic imaging; DISEASE complications
- Publication
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2021, Vol 21, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2261
- Publication type
case study
- DOI
10.1186/s12872-021-02181-5