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Successful surgical management of a congenital giant right atrial appendage aneurysm: a case report on a rare cardiac anomaly

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Aneurysms of the right atrial appendage are usually congenital in origin, with rare citations. We report a case of a large atrial aneurysm in an adult male presenting with atrial flutter and right ventricular dysfunction, who underwent a successful aneurysmectomy, repaired with a novel technique with uneventful recovery.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Whitefield, Bengaluru, 560066, India

    Channabasavaraj Shivalingaiah Hiremath, Siddharth Amboli, Utkarsh Sanghavi, Aditya Narsipur Doddamane & Shekhar Rao

  2. Department of Anaesthesia, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Whitefield, Bengaluru, 560066, India

    Anuradha Kamath

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Hiremath, C.S., Amboli, S., Sanghavi, U. et al. Successful surgical management of a congenital giant right atrial appendage aneurysm: a case report on a rare cardiac anomaly. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 36, 60–63 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-019-00857-4

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