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Removal of massive right atrial thrombus guided by transesophageal echocardiography
W L Holman1, C H Coghlan, M R Dodson
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama, Birmingham.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|August 1, 1991
Abstract:
Formation of massive right atrial thrombi around a peritoneovenous shunt is a known complication of these devices. Removal of an obstructive right atrial thrombus requires cardiopulmonary bypass and has been associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Transesophageal echocardiography was used in this case to diagnose and guide the surgical removal of a massive right atrial thrombus.