Septectomy and biatrial resection for extensive septal lipomatosis

Davorin Sef; Marko Ivan Turina

doi:10.1111/jocs.12850

Septectomy and biatrial resection for extensive septal lipomatosis

J Card Surg. 2016 Nov;31(11):683-685. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12850. Epub 2016 Sep 28.

Authors

Davorin Sef¹, Marko Ivan Turina²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, "Magdalena"-Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases, Krapinske Toplice, Croatia. davorin.sef@gmail.com.
² Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.

PMID: 27679421
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12850

Abstract

We describe the resection for lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum which necessitated complete reconstruction of the right atrium with Dacron grafts connecting the superior and inferior vena cava with the tricuspid orifice, and connection of the pulmonary veins to the mitral orifice with xenopericardium.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Coronary Angiography
Echocardiography, Doppler
Heart Diseases / diagnosis
Heart Diseases / surgery*
Heart Septum / diagnostic imaging
Heart Septum / surgery*
Humans
Lipomatosis, Multiple Symmetrical / diagnosis
Lipomatosis, Multiple Symmetrical / surgery*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Male