An idiopathic giant right atrium aneurysm in old asymptomatic patient
Giant right atrial aneurysm is an extremely rare cardiac anomaly that can be seen anytime in human life from childhood to elderly. Many cases have no symptoms, others may develop arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation (AF), and sometimes, thrombi may develop inside the right atrium with risk of pul...
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| author | Abdallah Almaghraby Mahmoud Abdelnabi Yehia Saleh |
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| description | Giant right atrial aneurysm is an extremely rare cardiac anomaly that can be seen anytime in human life from childhood to elderly. Many cases have no symptoms, others may develop arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation (AF), and sometimes, thrombi may develop inside the right atrium with risk of pulmonary embolism as well as paradoxical embolism through a patent foramen ovale. This condition can be caused due to cor pulmonale, right ventricular disease, and tricuspid valve diseases, and in extremely rare cases, if all these causes are excluded, it is considered idiopathic. We report a very rare case of an asymptomatic 62-year-old male with a previous history of chronic AF who was incidentally diagnosed with a giant right atrial aneurysm in a preoperative transthoracic echocardiography. He was asymptomatic and he was managed conservatively based on his request. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc79b43cbd2b4ae98de6b7b2915416f52023-09-02T06:13:59ZengGalenos Publishing HouseInternational Journal of the Cardiovascular Academy2405-81812405-819X2020-01-0161293110.4103/IJCA.IJCA_24_19An idiopathic giant right atrium aneurysm in old asymptomatic patientAbdallah AlmaghrabyMahmoud AbdelnabiYehia SalehGiant right atrial aneurysm is an extremely rare cardiac anomaly that can be seen anytime in human life from childhood to elderly. Many cases have no symptoms, others may develop arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation (AF), and sometimes, thrombi may develop inside the right atrium with risk of pulmonary embolism as well as paradoxical embolism through a patent foramen ovale. This condition can be caused due to cor pulmonale, right ventricular disease, and tricuspid valve diseases, and in extremely rare cases, if all these causes are excluded, it is considered idiopathic. We report a very rare case of an asymptomatic 62-year-old male with a previous history of chronic AF who was incidentally diagnosed with a giant right atrial aneurysm in a preoperative transthoracic echocardiography. He was asymptomatic and he was managed conservatively based on his request.http://www.ijcva.com/article.asp?issn=2405-8181;year=2020;volume=6;issue=1;spage=29;epage=31;aulast=Almaghrabyarrhythmiasatrial fibrillationgiant right atrial aneurysmthromboembolic eventstransthoracic echocardiography |
| spellingShingle | Abdallah Almaghraby Mahmoud Abdelnabi Yehia Saleh An idiopathic giant right atrium aneurysm in old asymptomatic patient International Journal of the Cardiovascular Academy arrhythmias atrial fibrillation giant right atrial aneurysm thromboembolic events transthoracic echocardiography |
| title | An idiopathic giant right atrium aneurysm in old asymptomatic patient |
| title_full | An idiopathic giant right atrium aneurysm in old asymptomatic patient |
| title_fullStr | An idiopathic giant right atrium aneurysm in old asymptomatic patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | An idiopathic giant right atrium aneurysm in old asymptomatic patient |
| title_short | An idiopathic giant right atrium aneurysm in old asymptomatic patient |
| title_sort | idiopathic giant right atrium aneurysm in old asymptomatic patient |
| topic | arrhythmias atrial fibrillation giant right atrial aneurysm thromboembolic events transthoracic echocardiography |
| url | http://www.ijcva.com/article.asp?issn=2405-8181;year=2020;volume=6;issue=1;spage=29;epage=31;aulast=Almaghraby |
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