Journal article

Publication year: 2023

Pages: 2446-2448

Journal: Cardiology in the Young

Volume number: 33

Issue number: 11

ISSN: 1047-9511

eISSN: 1467-1107

Open access status: Hybrid

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1017/S104795112300255X

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Abstract: 
An idiopathic enlargement of the right atrium is an extremely rare cardiac malformation. There are no established guidelines for the management of this disease, especially concerning medical versus surgical therapeutic approach and the timing for an operation. We report in this case about a neonate that first was treated conservatively until the age of 5 month and finally got an operative resection of the aneurysm. After surgery, unexpected complications occurred. A second aneurysm in the left atrium was demasked. Furthermore, a progressive dilatation of both atrial chambers after resection required regular follow-up and ongoing evaluation of treatment.

Harvard Citation style: Forderer, N., Akintuerk, H. and Jux, C. (2023) Idiopathic enlargement of the right atrium masking left atrial aneurysm in a neonate, Cardiology in the Young, 33(11), Article PII S104795112300255X. pp. 2446-2448. https://doi.org/10.1017/S104795112300255X

APA Citation style: Forderer, N., Akintuerk, H., & Jux, C. (2023). Idiopathic enlargement of the right atrium masking left atrial aneurysm in a neonate. Cardiology in the Young. 33(11), Article PII S104795112300255X, 2446-2448. https://doi.org/10.1017/S104795112300255X