Double auricles of the right atrium: a unique anatomic deformity

BACKGROUND: Anatomic deviations, especially those detected during the course of an operation, are medically intriguing, as they raise concerns about their clinical significance and putative complications. CASE PRESENTATION: We present, to our knowledge, for the first time a case of an anatomic devia...

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Autores principales: Tagarakis, Georgios I, Karangelis, Dimos, Daskalopoulos, Marios E, Papadopoulos, Dimitrios, Koufakis, Theocharis, Karantzis, Ioannis, Lampoura, Stefania S, Chlapoutakis, Serapheim, Tsilimingas, Nikolaos B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3094307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21504586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-11-17
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Anatomic deviations, especially those detected during the course of an operation, are medically intriguing, as they raise concerns about their clinical significance and putative complications. CASE PRESENTATION: We present, to our knowledge, for the first time a case of an anatomic deviation in the form of a second right atrial auricle in a 70 year-old, coronary bypass-operated male Caucasian patient of Greek origin. No complications were noted intra-or postoperatively. CONCLUSIONS: A second right atrial auricle was found intraoperatively, without causing any clinical complications, or obstructing the normal course of a surgical procedure.

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