Surgical experience with XXXX .

@entity1 @entity1997 @entity5 @entity713 @entity3291 @entity4615 @entity955
Eighteen @entity1 underwent surgery for @entity4615 (16 left atrial and 2 right atrial) during the last 10 years. Seventeen @entity1 had @entity5 stalk attached to the oval fossa. The @entity3291 was excised along with a cuff of the @entity955 , which was reconstructed using a Dacron patch in 15 @entity1 and by direct suture in 2 @entity1 . In the remaining case the @entity3291 was attached to the left atrial wall and adjacent @entity713 . There was only one early death in a @entity1 who underwent a concomitant lobectomy for @entity1997 and one late death due to a noncardiac cause. During the follow-up period of 3-96 months (average 36 months) all the survivors were in New York Heart Association Class I. Scanning electron microscopy of @entity5 tissue was done in 8 cases. The morphological findings did not help in categorizing the @entity5 into any pathological subgroups. Postoperative cardiac catheterization done in 3 @entity1 (30-50 months postoperatively) showed return of haemodynamics to normal. Echocardiographic studies done postoperatively have not revealed recurrence of @entity5 in any @entity1 . Surgical excision of @entity3291 is possible with very gratifying long-term results.
