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- Title
Extrinsic Compression of the Left Atrium by a Mediastinal Hematoma Secondary to Inadvertent Carotid Puncture.
- Authors
Bouzas-Mosquera, Alberto; Mosquera, Victor X.; Portela, Francisco; Cuenca, José J.; Álvarez-García, Nemesio; Castro-Beiras, Alfonso
- Abstract
We present the case of a 63-year-old man who underwent surgical closure of a paravalvular mitral leak. Immediately after surgery, transesophageal echocardiography revealed the appearance of a mediastinal hematoma encroaching on the left atrium and separating the esophageal probe from the posterior left atrial wall. The cause was an inadvertent puncture of the carotid artery, presumably during central venous line insertion prior to surgery.
- Subjects
OLDER men; OPERATIVE surgery; TRANSESOPHAGEAL echocardiography; DIAGNOSTIC ultrasonic imaging; HEMATOMA; MEDICAL care; DISEASES in older people
- Publication
Echocardiography, 2009, Vol 26, Issue 5, p586
- ISSN
0742-2822
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00844.x