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Surgical view of the reconstructed RA. (A) Resection of infected RA tissue. (B,C) RA reconstruction using autologous LAA. (D) The reconstructed RA. Right arrow, infected RA tissue; blue arrow, LAA.
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The area of infected tissue was about 4 x 3.5 cm, and it was close to the inferior vena cava and right atrioventricular groove (Figure 1; Supplementary Video 2).
Post-operative findings in a patient with infective endocarditis and paravascular abscess of the RA. (A) Immediately postoperative TTE of the RA and TCV. (B) TTE showed no shrinkage of the reconstructed RA 6 months after surgery.
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TTE performed immediately after surgery showed that the reconstructed RA had a good shape (Figure 2A). At 6 months post-surgery, TTE showed good remodeling of the RA without kinking or shrinkage due to fibrosis (Figure 2B; Supplementary Video 1).