Giant right atrial diverticulum with thrombus formation

Yoshiyuki Sato; Hirono Satokawa; Akihiro Yamamoto; Hitoshi Yokoyama; Kazuhira Maehara

doi:10.1177/0218492313504768

Giant right atrial diverticulum with thrombus formation

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2015 Mar;23(3):314-6. doi: 10.1177/0218492313504768. Epub 2013 Nov 12.

Authors

Yoshiyuki Sato¹, Hirono Satokawa², Akihiro Yamamoto¹, Hitoshi Yokoyama¹, Kazuhira Maehara³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan satokawa@fmu.ac.jp.
³ Department of Circulatory Internal Medicine, Shirakawa Kosei General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.

PMID: 24887889
DOI: 10.1177/0218492313504768

Abstract

A 28-year-old man was referred to our hospital with a giant right atrial diverticulum. The mass of the right atrial diverticulum compressed the right atrium and right ventricle, and thrombus formation was suspected. The diverticulum was surgically excised and the patient remained asymptomatic a year later.

Keywords: Atrial appendage; Diverticulum; Heart Aneurysm; Heart Atria; Thrombosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Diverticulum / complications*
Heart Aneurysm / complications*
Heart Atria / physiopathology*
Heart Atria / surgery
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology*
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Male
Sternotomy / methods
Thrombosis / etiology*
Treatment Outcome