A Gigantic Congenital Right Atrial Appendage Aneurysm in an Infant: Ten-Year Follow-Up

Antonios Belegrinos; Aikaterini Giannakopoulou; Melina Nikolakea; Evaggelos Karanasios; Sophie Mavrogeni; George Markousis-Mavrogenis

doi:10.3390/children9101552

Children (Oct 2022)

A Gigantic Congenital Right Atrial Appendage Aneurysm in an Infant: Ten-Year Follow-Up

Antonios Belegrinos,
Aikaterini Giannakopoulou,
Melina Nikolakea,
Evaggelos Karanasios,
Sophie Mavrogeni,
George Markousis-Mavrogenis

Affiliations

Antonios Belegrinos: Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mikras Asias 75, 11527 Athens, Greece
Aikaterini Giannakopoulou: Cardiology Clinic, “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital, Thivon and Papadiamadopoulou, 11527 Athens, Greece
Melina Nikolakea: Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mikras Asias 75, 11527 Athens, Greece
Evaggelos Karanasios: Cardiology Clinic, “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital, Thivon and Papadiamadopoulou, 11527 Athens, Greece
Sophie Mavrogeni: Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Leoforou Andrea Siggrou 356, Kallithea, 17674 Athens, Greece
George Markousis-Mavrogenis: Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Leoforou Andrea Siggrou 356, Kallithea, 17674 Athens, Greece

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/children9101552
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 10
p. 1552

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A gigantic right atrial appendage aneurysm (RAAA) is a rare condition usually discovered during the third decade of life after being symptomatic. We present an asymptomatic RAAA discovered early during the basic screening of an infant and its natural history, and a ten-year follow-up due to its parents being against operation.

Published in Children

ISSN: 2227-9067 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/children

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