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SUBMITTER: Chellappan S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7799074 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul-Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of cardiovascular echography 20200701 3
Right atrial (RA) aneurysms are rare entities reported in the literature. Affected patients are usually asymptomatic, but sometimes, they tend to present with arrhythmias or even heart failure if big. They may form a nidus for thrombus formation and subsequent thromboembolic complications. We report a coincidental finding of a RA aneurysm in a 22-year-old female with the atrial septal defect and mitral valve prolapse, causing moderate mitral regurgitation. The aneurysm was detected incidentally ...[more]