Right atrial mass: tumor or aneurysm?

نویسندگان

  • Bernhard C Danner
  • Michael Horst
  • Probal K Ghosh
  • Otto E Dapunt
چکیده

Accurate diagnosis and the surgical therapy is challenging for a mediastinal growth. After coronary artery graft surgery in 1982 and coronary reoperation in 1992, a patient was admitted for right atrial tumor. Echocardiography and MRI scan did not reveal precise tumor delineation. Histological studies proved a saphenous vein graft aneurysm.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

دوره 2 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003