Thrombus Formation in the Right Atrium after Surgical Closure of Atrial Septal Defect. 2018

Muzaffer Kahyaoğlu, and Ahmet Guner, and Cetin Gecmen
Department of Cardiology, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Atrial septal defect is the most common congenital lesion in adults following bicuspid aortic valve. There are two closure strategies as follows: one surgical and the other percutaneous. Various complications such as atrial arrhythmias and development of thrombus have been reported after surgical closure. Herein, we present a case of right atrial thrombi formed at different localizations in the right atrium in a patient who was asymptomatic and diagnosed late.

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