Surgical management of a giant left atrial appendage aneurysm and chronic atrial fibrillation
Ahmet Zengin, Cemalettin Yılmaz, Taylan Adademir · 2026
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Description
Ahmet Zengin, Cemalettin Yılmaz, and Taylan Adademir describe, in a 2026 case report, surgery for a 36-year-old man with a giant pouch on the left atrial appendage of the heart. He also had long-standing atrial fibrillation. The rare birth defect measured 66 by 46 millimeters and the patient came to care with palpitations.
Surgeons removed the pouch and performed a Cox-Maze IV procedure, an operation that creates scar lines to restore normal heart rhythm, while the patient was on a heart-lung machine. He left hospital in normal rhythm, stayed free of symptoms, and had normal heart scans at follow-up. The case shows how fixing the structure and the rhythm in one operation can work.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ahmet Zengin, Cemalettin Yılmaz, Taylan Adademir |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 8463 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |