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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
Published on: February 8, 2022
[Lung Cancer Associated with Atrial Septal Aneurysm Detected on Preoperative Echocardiogram]
Masahiro Sakaguchi1, Ken Mitsuhashi
1Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Ise Municipal General Hospital, Ise, Japan.
Abstract:
We herein report a case of 71-year-old man who was diagnosed as right lung cancer associated with atrial septal aneurysm (ASA). ASA was incidentally detected on transthoracic echocardiography as a routine preoperative examination. Although upper lobectomy was performed without any postoperative event in this case, generally care must be taken for important comorbidity of cerebral infarction as a potential source of systemic thromboembolism both in pre- and post-surgery.
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