Intramural Left Atrial Hematoma After Aortocoronary Artery Surgery

We report the occurrence of an intraoperative left atrial hematoma during coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Echocardiography proved to be of great help in diagnosis and monitoring of this patient. After severe hemodynamic impairment the patient recovered and could be transferred on postoperat...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Anesthesia and analgesia Vol. 97; no. 6; pp. 1605 - 1607
Main Authors:	Musat, Iulian, Hieber, Cornelia, Kepka, Anton, Novotny, Petrus, Poslussny, Peter, Schwarz, Sylvia, Fitzgerald, Robert D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States International Anesthesia Research Society 01-12-2003
Subjects:	Aged Coronary Artery Bypass - adverse effects Echocardiography, Transesophageal Heart Atria - pathology Hematoma - diagnostic imaging Hematoma - etiology Humans Male Monitoring, Intraoperative Postoperative Complications - pathology
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	We report the occurrence of an intraoperative left atrial hematoma during coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Echocardiography proved to be of great help in diagnosis and monitoring of this patient. After severe hemodynamic impairment the patient recovered and could be transferred on postoperative day eight. Follow-up examination showed no signs of atrial pathologies. Differential diagnosis and echocardiographic findings are discussed.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	0003-2999
DOI:	10.1213/01.ANE.0000085641.90506.70