Key result
Totally endoscopic surgery on the beating heart was successfully used to repair a massive right atrial diverticulum in a 43-year-old male patient.
Why the study?
Right atrial diverticulum is a rare congenital heart defect with surgery as the main treatment, but totally endoscopic repair on the beating heart had not been reported.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report demonstrates the feasibility of totally endoscopic resection on a beating heart for the treatment of a massive right atrial diverticulum.
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First successful totally endoscopic beating-heart repair of right atrial diverticulum; leaves open reproducibility, safety, and broader applicability.
Right atrial diverticulum is a rare congenital heart defect with only about 30 cases reported. Surgery is the main method of treatment and is indicated when the patients have signs of right heart compression. In this study, we report the case of a 43-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with massive right atrial diverticulum. This patient was the first case who underwent successful repair by totally endoscopic surgery on the beating heart.
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Dang et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Massive right atrial diverticulum (n=1). Totally endoscopic surgery on the beating heart was evaluated on Successful repair. Totally endoscopic surgery on the beating heart was successfully used to repair a massive right atrial diverticulum in a 43-year-old male patient.
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