| Literature DB >> 8000271 |
B A Grishkin1, P W Catalano, M A Watts.
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.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 8000271 PMCID: PMC325170
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Tex Heart Inst J ISSN: 0730-2347