Cardiac tamponade produced by a loculated pericardial hematoma simulating a right atrial mass |
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| Authors: | M Pepi E Doria C Fiorentini |
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| Affiliation: | Istituto di Cardiologia dell'Università degli Studi, Istituto Ricerche Cardiovascolari G. Sisini, Fondazione I. Monzino, Centro Ricerche Cardiovascolari del C.N.R., Milan, Italy. |
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| Abstract: | We report a case of cardiac tamponade due to thrombosis of a loculated pericardial effusion which occurred after open heart surgery. The loculated hematoma was highly echogenic and mimicked a right atrial mass. Cross-sectional echocardiography, in association with color Doppler flow imaging, was extremely useful in identifying this rare complication of cardiac surgery and, therefore, in determining the subsequent surgical approach. |
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