SURGICAL ELIMINATION OF AN ATRIAL SEPTAL ANEURYSM CAUSING CEREBRAL EMBOLISM

Authors
AKSNES J LINDBERG HL IHLEN H
Citation
J. Aksnes et al., SURGICAL ELIMINATION OF AN ATRIAL SEPTAL ANEURYSM CAUSING CEREBRAL EMBOLISM, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 62(4), 1996, pp. 1190-1192
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
62
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1190 - 1192
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1996)62:4<1190:SEOAAS>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Atrial septal aneurysms have been recognized as sources of arterial em bolism. An intraatrial aneurysm was demonstrated in the fossa ovalis o f a 45-year-old woman who suffered an episode of cerebral embolism. Th e disorder is rarely treated surgically. Most patients with this condi tion are given life-long anticoagulation, a treatment that may have se rious complications. As an alternative treatment with possible lower r isk, we removed the aneurysm surgically.