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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 11, 591-593, Copyright © 1997 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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Asymptomatic right atrial aneurysm: fortuitous finding and resection

CJ Zeebregts, AG Hensens and LK Lacquet
Department of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

A rare right atrial aneurysm is described in a 36-year-old man. After median sternotomy for coronary bypass, a thin-walled aneurysmal dilatation of the right atrium was seen by chance. The patient was in sinus rhythm. The aneurysm was surgically resected. The postoperative course was uneventful.

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