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Isolated right atrial compression as a late sequela of aortic valve replacement
B A Grishkin1, P W Catalano, M A Watts
1Augusta Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgical Associates, GA 30904.
Texas Heart Institute Journal
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
Isolated right atrial compression occurred 31 months after aortic valve replacement. Aortic bleeding contained by adjacent pericardium produced a pseudoaneurysm and local atrial tamponade. Transthoracic echocardiography could not distinguish the extracardiac hematoma from an intra-atrial thrombus, temporarily misleading investigators.