Introduction
Technological improvements in transthoracic echocardiography and the
widespread application of transesophageal
echocardiography have simplified
the identification of atrial septal aneurysms (ASA) and the reported
prevalence of ASA is now 2% – 10%.1Although ASA
have recently become more common, they rarely require surgical
resection. We describe surgical management of a giant atrial aneurysm in
a patient with a patent foramen ovale (PFO).