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Rapidly progressive idiopathic dilation of the right atrium in infancy associated with dynamic obstruction of the airways

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2006

Abhay Divekar ,
Reeni Soni  and
David Ross
Abhay Divekar
Affiliation:
Variety Children's Heart Center, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
Reeni Soni
Affiliation:
Variety Children's Heart Center, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
David Ross
Affiliation:
Stollery's Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
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Abstract

We present a young infant with rapidly progressive idiopathic dilation of the right atrium, complicated by symptomatic and dynamic obstruction of the airways secondary to proximal obstruction which was reversed subsequent to surgical reduction of the right atrium. We discuss the surgical implications of the distorted cardiac anatomy, along with post-operative complications, which included refractory arrhythmias.

Keywords

Atrial dilationbronchial obstructioncongenital heart disease
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 12 , Issue 5 , October 2002 , pp. 491 - 493
Copyright
2002 Cambridge University Press

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