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Preoperative Imaging. (A) TEE: A1, tricuspid Valve with a short septal leaflet and mild insufficiency; A2, mitral valve with mild insufficiency and light myxomatous leaflets. (B) CT angiography: B1 is the transversal view; single atrium with normal drainage of pulomonary veins to the left side. B2 is the frontal view; hugh single atrium with contrast from superior vena cava drained to right side of the atrium and promiment pulmonary artery trunk. A, aorta; CT, computed tomography; LPV, left pulmonal veins; LV, left ventricel; RPV, right pulmonal veins; RV, right ventricle; SA, single atrium; TP, truncus pulmonalis; VCS, vena cava superior.
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Background A single atrium is a very rare heart condition, in which the inter atrial septum is missing. These congenital heart defects usually are surgically corrected after birth.
Case Presentation We present a successful surgical repair of a single atrium (SA) in a 27-year-old woman, who has a complete missing of the atrial septum, without coexis...
